Seed Program Manager Mast Reforestation Seattle, Washington, United States
This presentation references recent publications and operational experience, highlighting seed collection techniques and necessary workforce investment. A primary objective of this presentation is an improved understanding of costs related to seed collection and encouraging urgency towards collaboration and investment from stakeholders who are informing policy and progress in this sector.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify the operational components involved with conifer seed collection.
Upon completion, participants will be able to understand biological and operational factors that influence the cost and outcomes of a conifer seed collection.
Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the value of seed based on the operations required to collect and extract as well as consider further valuation based on scarcity and need in the reforestation marketplace.
Participants will be aware of unrealized value components to seed- including necessary scarcity evaluations as well as future climate migration potential.
