Additional Evaluation of Cultivation Protocols for Use in Outplanting and Recovery Efforts for Applegate's Milkvetch |
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Federal Grant Title: Additional Evaluation of Cultivation Protocols for Use in Outplanting and Recovery Efforts for Applegate's Milkvetch CFDA Number: Information not provided CFDA Description: Information not provided Federal Agency Name: Fish and Wildlife Service Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture Environment Natural Resources Category Explanation: Information not provided Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Opportunity Number: FWS-R8-KFALLSFWO-2 Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Posted Date: Apr 30, 2008 Creation Date: Apr 29, 2008 Original Closing Date for Applications: May 14, 2008 Current Closing Date for Applications: May 14, 2008 Archive Date: Jun 13, 2008 Expected Number of Awards: Information not provided Estimated Total Program Funding: Information not provided Federal Grant Award Ceiling: Information not provided Federal Grant Award Floor: Information not provided Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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- Subject to funds availablity and project selection. Applegate's milk-vetch (Astragalus applegatei) is one of Oregon's rarest and most endangered plant species. Only a few sites remain, all confined to a very local area within or near Klamath Falls, Oregon. All but one of these appear to be declining due to significant habitat deterioration or fragmentation. The establishment of new (or augmented) populations, through the transplanting of individuals cultivated off-site, may be an important tool for maintaining the numbers and distribution of the species. Previous research on the topic has established favorable protocols for A. applegatei seed collection and germination, identified important basic edaphic requirements necessary for its ex situ cultivation (i.e., mycorrhizal/bacterial), and explored methods for selecting potential transplant sites and outplanting cultivated individuals. The federal Recovery Plan for A. applegatei calls for increasing our knowledge of cultivation and outplanting techniques (Task 3.2) as well as the establishment of wild population reserves (Task 1.54), to promote the long-term survival of the species. Earlier field efforts have resulted in stores of viable seed, taken from the smaller extant A. applegatei populations on non-federal land. These were previously used in growing young plants for potential outplanting at suitable sites in the Klamath Falls area. In the 1990's many of these plants died after outplanting attempts (plants used were typically
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