Planting Violets in the Sky |
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Our vision is a world where all people and wildlands are healthy and interact positively, biological diversity flourishes, and environmental challenges are met with a social commitment to solving problems with scientific principles. |
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"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it." - William Faulkner |
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Planted in the Southwest: Notes from an IAE Conservation Intern |
by Vincent Zheng, University of Chicago Conservation Intern with the IAE Southwest Branch
This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of interning at the Southwest branch of IAE. As someone who has lived in New York City for my entire life, the small-town desert environment of Santa Fe was a stark contrast to what I was used to. Read More
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Planting Violets in the Sky |
today ten women from Coffee Creek
Correctional Facility planted thirty-five hundred
Viola adunca plugs among other native
nectars in one wet morning fast
as Forest Service could fetch trays Read More
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Announcements
& Brief Updates
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Announcing the 2024 New Mexico Wildflower Calendar! |
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We have an exciting announcement to share! As a fundraiser for IAE's Southwest Branch and our ongoing restoration work at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, photographer and designer Christina M. Selby has created a 2024 Calendar featuring her stunning photographs of New Mexico wildflowers—which are on sale now!
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Major Willamette Daisy Recovery Efforts Underway in 2023 |
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IAE, Greenbelt Land Trust, volunteers, and AmeriCorps outplanting 4,000 Willamette daisy plugs in November 2023. |
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We’ve been making considerable progress on recovery projects for the endangered Willamette daisy over the past several months. This summer, the IAE farm and partner-growers harvested nearly 50 pounds of daisy seed! In October, the Habitat Restoration program sowed 28 pounds of that seed across a dozen habitat restoration sites. On top of that, IAE, the AmeriCorps team, volunteers, and partners are outplanting over 18,000 daisy plugs across nine sites this month.
Thank you to everyone who helped us thin daisy plugs at the farm this summer, and to all the volunteers and partners who have helped with outplanting this fall! We're so grateful for your support in recovering this beautiful and important species.
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'Native Seeds' Film Screening Scheduled for December 7 in Santa Fe |
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The Institute for Applied Ecology and the Xerces Society are hosting a screening of the International Network for Seed-Based Restoration’s film - Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration. This documentary explores the native seed supply chain in the western United States. The film weaves together footage of seed collectors, farmers, researchers, and land managers working to scale up the supply of native seeds to meet the growing restoration demand.
Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the film screening next Thursday, December 7 to witness the staggering scale of damage to vast landscapes and meet some of the tenacious people who are finding creative, scrappy solutions to restore ecosystems! It's happening at the Jean Cocteau theater from 7-9pm, and tickets are only $15. Hope to see you there!
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Fall 2023 Sagebrush in Prisons Project Newsletter Released |
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The Sagebrush in Prisons project works continually to give back to incarcerated crew members who are responsible for growing millions of sagebrush plugs for restoration.
We recently revamped our newsletter for this program, hoping to make it more useful for incarcerated crew members, including space for some of their artwork and thoughts. Let us know what you think of it!
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Willamette Valley Seed Cleaning Successes |
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Fall is here and winter is right around the bend—which means seed cleaning season is wrapping up! The farm team in the Plant Materials Program have been busy cleaning seed from this year's harvest since September.
Photographed right is Mara Friddle, IAE Farm Manager, cradling a precious bag of cleaned seed from one of our favorite species, Willamette Daisy (Erigeron decumbens). As of November 15, we have cleaned 21 seed lots harvested from the farm totaling more than 466 pounds of native seed. Only 13 lots to go!
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Fall Volunteer Opportunities in Oregon |
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Contact Evan Lasley at evanlasley@appliedeco.org to reserve your spot for an upcoming volunteer activity, and help restore native ecosystems on-the-ground.
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Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Wraps Up 2023 Growing Season |
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The Ecological Education team is wrapping up its 2023 season at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF)! Our Ecological Education Program now has 4 active projects at CCCF including a Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly (TCB) larvae rearing laboratory, an outdoor production yard for the TCB host plant English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) which is used in the lab, a Viola adunca host plant growing area for the Oregon Silverspot butterfly (which is provided to a lab in partnership with the Oregon Zoo), and a sagebrush growing area for our partners at the Bureau of Land Management.
Some of our accomplishments include:
- Grew over 10,000 sagebrush plants
- Reared 1,293 Taylor's Checkerspot butterfly larvae (which will be released in Spring 2024)
- Re-planted 5,000 square feet of the outdoor production yard for English plantain to include more native plant biodiversity
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Transplanted and potted over 4,000 Viola adunca plants
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We are currently hiring for a regular, full-time Restoration Ecologist based in the Willamette Valley. Projects are primarily focused in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and southwestern Washington, but may also include the Coast Range and other Oregon ecoregions.
Habitat enhancement work supports the conservation and recovery of rare plants (e.g., Kincaid’s lupine and Willamette daisy), wildlife (e.g., Fender’s blue butterfly, Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly and streaked horned lark) and habitats using a variety of restoration techniques.
Full job descriptions and application details can always be found in the links on our website at www.appliedeco.org/jobs.
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Seasonal Hiring Opens December 1 |
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Do you love plants and wildlife? Are you inspired by hands-on work in conserving and restoring threatened and endangered species and critical habitats? The Institute for Applied Ecology is hiring multiple seasonal positions across Oregon, Idaho, and New Mexico for our 2024 field season!
Visit our website to learn more about the positions we are offering. Applications will open on this Friday, December 1 and are due Sunday, January 7th, 2024.
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Volunteer, Become an IAE Member! |
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If you'd like to show your business's support
for our work, please get in touch:
(541) 753-3099 x 701
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Ken Bierly, Brandy Humphreys, Cary Stephens, Jack Halsey, Jason Bradford, Anne Bradley, Shinji Kawai, Judy Li, John Savage, Sunia Yang, Graham Frank |
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