Improving Restorations: Seed sourcing: local, mix and match, assisted migration

This webinar brings together experts in the field to present diverse points of view and current science on seed sourcing for restoration. Apply what you learn about seed sourcing and decision-making to improve your next restoration project.
Presenters
Daniel Hernández is a professor of biology at Carleton College. He is an ecosystem ecologist interested in the recovery of ecosystem functioning following habitat restoration or the adoption of sustainable management practices. He works in restored tallgrass prairies and regenerative agricultural systems in Minnesota studying the ecosystem impacts of different restoration or management practices, the recovery of soil carbon and nutrients, and how the impacts of global change influence restoration and management approaches.
Marissa Ahlering has a passion for prairies and prairie conservation. As The Nature Conservancy’s science director for Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, her work focuses on building resilience in grassland ecosystems, designing prairie restorations and helping to stop grassland conversion.
This webinar was hosted through a partnership of the University of Minnesota Extension's Ecological Restoration Training Cooperative and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Legacy Fund Restoration Evaluation Program.
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