Event: Tour of Bend Seed Extractory
September 22 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday, September 22, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Event: Tour of Bend Seed Extractory
Leader/Presenter: Matt Horning
Location: Bend Seed Extractory, 63095 Deschutes Market Rd, Bend, OR 97701
Join the High Desert Chapter in a tour of the Bend Seed Extractory!
Bend Seed Extractory is a unit of the U.S. Forest Service located in Bend. The Seed Extractory started in 1978 as part of the Bend Pine Nursery to extract seed from thirty-three different species of conifers used for growing seedlings for reforestation of National Forests in Oregon and Washington. The Extractory currently manages a seed bank for five of the National Forests in the Pacific Northwest region, many of the Bureau of Land Management western state districts, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In 1995, the Extractory began processing seed from a diversity of native species collected by the National Forests in the Pacific Northwest. The Seed Extractory, to date, has processed seed from over 4,000 different native plant species collected by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management throughout the western United States.
