1. Meadow Restoration in the Sawtooth National Recreatioin Area
John Sloan
USDA Forest Service
Boise National Forest
Lucky Peak Nursery

2. Lucky Peak Nursery LPN is a unit of the Boise National Forest
LPN was established in 1959 in support of R4 reforestation activities
R4 seedling production facility, seed processing and storage facility
WCF Operation (Operate on funds generated from seedlings sales)

3. Historic LPN Role R4 bare root conifer seedling production facility
R3/R4 conifer seed processing & storage facility
Reforestation following wildfires & timber harvest
Average annual production : 5.84 MM
Production Range: MM (1978) MM (2003)

4. Typical Year Illustrating LPN’S
Traditional Role (1992)
USFS: % (bareroot seedlings)
BLM, IDFG: 3% (bareroot seedlings)

5. Request for Seedlings LPN FY 2003
USFS: % (bareroot & containerized seedlings)
BLM, FWS,
DOD, IDFG: % (bareroot & containerized seedlings)

6. LPN Diversifying to Meet Changing Needs
1992: 100 % Bareroot Production
2003: 75% Bareroot Production
25% Containerized Production
2005: 40% Bareroot Production
60% Container Production

7. Historic LPN Services Bareroot Seedling Production (since 1959)
CONIFERS: Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine,
Douglas-Fir, Western Larch
SHRUBS: Big Sagebrush, Bitterbrush,
Four-wing Saltbush,
Chokecherry, Elderberry,
Hawthorne

8. Current LPN Services Containerized Seedling Production (since 2000)
CONIFERS: Englemann Spruce, Douglas-fir,
Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine,
Western Larch
SHRUBS: Big Sagebrush, Bitterbrush,
Four-wing, Saltbush, Rabbitbrush,
dogwood, others
TREES: Willows, Cottonwoods
GRASS: Idaho Fescue, Redtop, Other
Bunchgrass
FORBS: Penstemon, Crepis, Lupine,
Buckwheat, many others

20. Grass Species Common Name Seed treatment Germination Alopecurus sp.
Species
Common Name
Seed treatment
Germination
H2O2
Soak (3%)
GA3
Soak
Cold
Strat
Alopecurus sp.
Meadow Foxtail
2 hour,
24 hour
3 weeks
@ 34o F
Excellent
Carex microptera
Small-winged Sedge
4 weeks
Poor
Festuca idahoensis
Idaho fescue
Good
Carex aenea
Bronze sedge

21. Forbs Species Common Name Seed treatment Germination Excellent Poor
H2O2
Soak (3%)
GA3
Soak
Cold
Strat
Antennaria Microphylum
Everlasting
Pussytoes
2 hour,
24 hour
3 weeks
@ 34o F
Excellent
Aster conspicuous
Showy Aster
Balsamorhiza sagitata
Arrowleaf balsamroot
4 weeks
Poor
Castelleja sp.
Paintbrush
Eriogonum Heracleoides
Buckwheat
Good

22. Forbs (cont) Species Common Name Seed treatment Germination Good Poor
H2O2
Soak (3%)
GA3
Soak
Cold
Strat
Geranium viscocisimum
Wild geranium
2 hour,
24 hour
4 weeks
@ 34o F
Good
Hackelia sp.
Wild forget-me-not
Poor
Penstemon ryberg
Penstemon
Excellent
Potentilla
gracilis
cinquifoil
Senecio sp.
Western groundsel
Zigzdenus elegans
Death camas

23. Shrubs Species Common Name Seed Treatment Germination
Species
Common Name
Seed Treatment
Germination
Soak
Other
Cold
Strat
Lupinus argentius
Silvery lupine
24 Hrs in H2O
Tumb-led for 1 min
None
Began to germinate too quickly
Potentilla futicosa
Shruby cinquifoil
2 hour in H2O2,
24 hour in GA3
4 weeks
@ 34o F
Excellent

27. Wild Geranium

28. Idaho Fescue
Penstemon

30. Showy Aster

32. Cinquifoil

33. Idaho Fescue
Cinquifoil
Pussy toes
Meadow Foxtail
Shrubby Cinquifoil

41. Current LPN Services Native Forb Seedbank (2003)
Through the National Fire Plan, we have collected seed for the establishment of a native forb seedbank. The forb seed will be used on restoration projects throughout the Boise National Forest. Species include balsamroot, yarrow, lupine, buckwheat, potentilla and penstemon.

42. Current LPN Services Native Seed Production (Since 2000)
Established seedbeds of site-specific Arizona
fescue, Idaho fescue, squirrel tail and
Bunchgrass for seed production and
subsequent restoration projects.
Established seedbeds of site-specific
Crepis for seed production and use by
BLM Vale District.

43. Forb Seed Production Beds
Established Fall 2004
Total Area: 5 Acres
Customers: Boise National Forest
Umatilla National Forest
Idaho National Guard
Species: Sagebrush
Winter fat
Lupine
Buckwheat
Arrowleaf balsamroot

48. Lucky Peak Nursery Presentation Summary
Significant change in program direction
Greater diversity of products (forbs, native seed, containerized shrubs)
Greater diversity in clients (Idaho Dept of Fish & Game, Department
of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management)
The SNRA Meadow Restoration Project (First steps in a new direction)

49. Contact Information
Boise National Forest
Lucky Peak Nursery
Attn: John Sloan
15169 E. Highway 21
Boise 83716
Phone: