Examples of Potential Collaborations:
- Resource sharing including harvesting equipment (tow behind vs. hand-held harvesters; hydro-seeders; steamers), seasonal staff, seed storage and cleaning facilities and information (e.g., local phenology charts; create central library of literature resources);
- Adoption/development of consistent methodologies including collaborative training events for seasonal staff each spring;
- Interagency access to harvestable areas;
- Communication of knowledge development opportunities (e.g., workshops and conferences) and materials (e.g., workshop notes, literature, presentations, websites, etc.);
- Development of joint knowledge development opportunities;
- Collaborative development of education materials for internal and/or public distribution (e.g., additional opportunities outside of agency distributions may exist through NCC and WBRA);
- Joint seed harvesting events that could include local landowners and/or volunteers (could be regularly scheduled monthly, weekly, etc.);
- Seed exchanges and joint compilation of extra seed to send to market to fund future collaborations;
- Joint facility tours (e.g., MD of Ranchlands gravel pit);
- Investigation of grant opportunities and partnerships;
- Exploration of alternative seed harvesting and propagation models (native haying; joint renting of a greenhouse; farmer grow and share program [Last Mountain Lake, SK; Tee Pee, BC; Rosetown, AB]);
- Creation of a local research plot and joint tours of past planting/harvesting areas to review site success/limitations/issues (e.g., WLNP gravel pit reclamation sites; MD of Ranchlands harvested pastures); and
- Regular meetings.
