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Public Agency Cooperators
This organization was established by the Malheur County Court and works closely with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), ODA, the Malheur Experiment Station, Malheur County Extension, BOR, US Forest Service, the Owyhee Watershed Council, BLM, Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District, and others. The primary interests of this organization are to protect the environment and address water issues through restoration projects in the Malheur River Watershed, to act as an advisory council, and to increase public awareness of water-related issues.
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For more information contact:
Carl Hill or Adena Green
Owyhee
106 Owyhee Street
P.O. Box
Adrian
Ph: (541) 372-5782
Fax: (541) 372-5785
Email: agreenowc@qwestoffice.net
This multi-state, collaborative research project was initiated in 2001 by the USDI BLM Great Basin Restoration Initiative and the USDA FS RMRS's Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystem Research Program. Major objectives are to improve the availability of native plant materials and to provide the knowledge and technology required for their use in restoring diverse native plant communities across the Great Basin. More than 20 federal, state, and private cooperators are involved in this project.
Project Goals
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- Increase the availability of native plant materials, particularly forbs, for restoring disturbed Great Basin rangelands
- Provide an understanding of species variability and develop seed transfer guidelines
- Develop seed technology and cultural practices for producing native seed in agricultural settings
- Collaborate with seed regulatory agencies and the private seed industry to improve native seed supplies
- Examine interactions of native restoration species and exotic invasives to aid in formulating seeding prescriptions
- Develop application strategies and technologies to improve the establishment of native seedings
- Develop demonstration areas, manuals, popular publications and websites to facilitate application of research results
Nancy L. Shaw (208) 373-4360
USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station
Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab
322 East Front Street, Suite 401, Boise, ID 83702
(208) 373-4340
(208) 373-4391 (FAX)
Malheur County Soil And Water Conservation District
Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District works closely with the NRCS and FSA to advise land owners on soil and water conservation management practices and to develop and finance plans. Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District works in cooperation with the Owyhee Watershed Council, Malheur Watershed Council, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), ODA, the Malheur Experiment Station (OSU), Malheur County Extension (OSU), BLM, BOR, and other groups.
Contact: Elizabeth
Felix
2925 SW 6th Ave. Suite 2
Ontario, OR 97914
(541) 889-2588
An extension of Oregon State University that works with farmers and growers. Newsletters, meetings, etc. help keep the community updated on current research.
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Western potato breeding and variety development programs are highly cooperative and organized at the Oregon and the tri-state (Oregon, Idaho, and Washington), and western regional levels. Variety trials are coordinated and regular meetings are held. The Oregon program includes members at the Malheur, Hermiston, Klamath Falls, and Central Oregon experiment stations of OSU as well as the Department of Crop and Soil Science, OSU, Corvallis, OR. Potato extension agents and private growers also contribute significantly to the testing and introduction of new varieties in Oregon. Additional information on potato varieties and variety testing is available from all of these.
This is a cooperative program among OSU personnel at the experiment stations across the state of Oregon. Spring and winter cereal varieties are tested at twelve locations. Varieties include established commercial varieties and experimental varieties near release from private and public sources. The testing locations represent all of the major cereal production zones in the state. Grain yield, plant height, lodging and grain quality data are collected for each variety at each location. Data is summarized and is made available through the local extension agents and experiment stations. The program is supported by the OSU Extension Service, the Oregon Grains Commission, and cooperating growers who host some of the trials. On line trial data is available at
Mark Larson, Senior Faculty Research Assistant
Malheur Agricultural Experiment
Station
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