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A Landowner’s Guide for Restoring and Managing Oregon White Oak Habitats
The primary purpose of this Guide is to encourage private landowners to conserve, and when appropriate, actively manage Oregon white oaks...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Taking Care of Streams in Jackson County
A brochure detailing information on what you can do to help keep riparian areas in Jackson County, OR healthy, and healthy riparian areas...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Caring for Streams: Conserving, Restoring and Enhancing Stream Habitat in Southern Oregon
If you live in the Illinois Valley, chances are you live close to a river or stream. These waterways natural beauties and are part of...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Oregon Riparian Assessment Framework
The purpose of this document is two-fold: to provide guidance for 1) assessing riparian conditions, functions, processes, and management...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Guide to Native Riparian Trees and Shrub Planting
A concise guide to planting native riparian trees and shrubs, including when to plant, how to plant, planting bailed or burlapped trees...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Managing Himalayan Blackberry in western Oregon riparian areas
Listed as a noxious weed in Oregon, Himalayan blackberry rapidly occupies disturbed areas, is very difficult to eradicate once...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Controlling Himalayan Blackberry in the Pacific Northwest
This guide to Himalayan Blackberry includes information on species description, origin and habitat, reproduction and basic ecology,...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Plants of the Rogue Valley
This booklet is an introduction to the North Mountain Park Nature Center’s interpretation of regional plants. It explores local plant...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


A Guide to Riparian Tree Planting in Southwest Oregon
This publication is a step-by-step guide to riparian tree planting in interior southwest Oregon, including Jackson and Josephine counties...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


A Guide to Riparian Tree and Shrub Planting in the Willamette Valley: Steps to Success
This guide describes six steps to help landowners, watershed council members, agency personnel, and others communicate about, plan, and...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Interactive Oregon Ecoregions Map
Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources; they are...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 2, 20191 min read


Practical Guidelines for Wetland Prairie Restoration in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
The science of wetland prairie restoration has made significant strides in recent years, building on lessons learned locally in Oregon...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 2, 20191 min read


Willamette Valley Native Plant Materials Partnership Strategic Plan 2013-2017
The Willamette Valley Native Plant Materials Partnership was formed in 2012 with the goals of pooling resources and coordinating...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Tetrazolium Test: a fast, reliable test to determine seed viability
Authors: Elias, S. & Garay, A. Date: 2004 The TZ test, one of the most significant discoveries in seed testing in the 20th century,...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Regional Native Seed Cooperatives: working toward available, affordable, and appropriate native seed
Abstract: Regional native seed cooperatives are emerging as a tool to vastly improve the availability of genetically appropriate native...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Seed Processing and Storage
Author: McCormack, J.H. Date: 2010 Principles and practices of seed harvesting, processing, and storage: an organic seed production...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Propagation of Interior British Columbia Native Plants from Seed
Authors: Hudson, S. & Carlson, M. Date: 1998 Abstract: British Columbia’s considerable diversity of soils, topographies, and climates has...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Native Plant Propagation and Restoration Strategies
Author: Haase, D. and Rose, R. (OSU) Date: 2001 Abstract: Propagation and planting of native plants for habitat restoration is a...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Native Seed Production
Author: Tucson Plant Materials Center Date: 2004 Details information on seed certification, site selection and preparation, weed control,...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Manual and Land Cover Type Descriptions: Oregon Gap Analysis, 1998 Land Cover for Oregon
In its Acoarse filter@ approach to conservation biology, gap analysis relies on maps of dominant natural land cover types as the most...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


RNPP 2025 Update
In this post: Our Accomplishments since 2016. Only the start! Pruning back . Tuula says goodbye. Next Steps & Reflections. Â Where the...


Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Treatment Part 2 – Seed Mix & Site Prep
In fall of 2022 RNPP measured out a couple of vegetable-garden sized squares of bare earth along the Rogue River and initiated the trial...


Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Part 3 - Monitoring Results & Discussion
This is the third in a series of blog posts describing an RNPP research project that took place 2022-2024. To recap, the goal of this...
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