Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

Photo: Habitat for greater sage-grouse. Photo credit: Bureau of Land Management via Flickr –  CC BY 2.0. Article by Josephine Woolington. High Country News – March 1, 2024.

In 2000, Sam Lea converted his once-productive Willamette Valley onion field back into wetlands. The third-generation Oregon farmer excavated several ponds and largely left the land alone. Soon, willows arrived on the wind. Then tule appeared. About five years ago, he noticed wapato had sprouted. The edible tuber, a […]

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