Strategies for Establishing Season-Long Native Habitat and NRCS Cost-Share Programs
Creating season long bloom can be a challenge. Native plants provide many options for establishing high quality pollinator habitat. This talk will cover species selection, installation, and maintenance, including management strategies to shift bloom times to cover the late season gap in non-irrigated settings. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides technical assistance to private landowners, and in some counties, also offer cost-share programs for installing pollinator habitat.
Note: Amy Bartow will be joining us via Zoom this year.
Amy Bartow graduated from OSU with BS degrees in Botany and Wildlife Science from Oregon State University in 2001. She has worked at the USDA NRCS Corvallis Plant Materials Center since 1997 specializing in production of native plants. Some of her favorite projects include revegetation following dam removal on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park and completion of the Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest. Her current projects include establishing pollinator habitat on working lands such as vineyards and orchards, writing a seedling identification guide, and oak savanna restoration. When she’s not at work she likes to go on wildflower hikes, laugh with her kids, play soccer, and eat ice cream sandwiches.