Improving the supply and growth of pollinator-friendly native plant materials-Xerces Society 

In this video, Stephanie Frischie provides an overview of how Xerces staff work at local, state, regional, national, and international scales across the native plant materials development cycle. This includes identifying important plant-insect relationships; working with seed producers and nurseries; promoting integrated pest management and reducing pesticide use; and developing seed mix specifications. Xerces also works to shape policy, and to and provide opportunities that will improve the abundance and diversity of native plant communities, wildlife, and human connections with nature.
Bio: Stephanie Frischie (Ph.D.), is an Agronomist / Native Plant Materials Specialist. Stephanie’s professional contributions and expertise are at the crossroads of conservation agronomy; plant ecology; ecological restoration; and native seed production, use, policy, research, and quality. Stephanie has worked in the prairies of the central US and Canada, the scrub forests of Bolivia and olive agroecosystems in southern Spain. She is a founding member of the International Network for Seed-based Restoration and runs Native Interest LLC from her homebase in central Indiana.
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Stephanie’s email: stephanie.frischie@xerces.org
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