Happy Halloween!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween from the folks at Conservation Seeding & Restoration Inc! This CSR pumpkin was carved by Julie Riddle, CSR’s talented nativescape designer.

Preparing For Winter at the CSR Farm

The Idaho CSR Farm is preparing for the cold winter months ahead. Four hoop houses have been set up and filled with over 2,000 native plants. Three of the hoop houses contain ‘Native Roots, LLC‘ plants.

CSR to Hire Colorado Regional Manager

Interested in joining the dedicated CSR Team? We are currently looking to hire a Colorado Regional Manager. Job Description: The Colorado Regional Manager oversees all projects and activities in Colorado and supervises office staff. The position requires good multitasking and organization skills to coordinate with CSR staff and clients on multiple congruent projects. Manager will [...]

At the CSR Farm: Tetraneuris acaulis (Hymenoxys acaulis) Butte marigold

(photo: Bransford) Tetraneuris acaulis (Hymenoxys acaulis) Butte marigold Tufted rosettes of narrow, silvery leaves are topped by a 4-6 in. leafless stem supporting a single, yellow flowerhead. Well-developed plants may have a foot-wide clump of 30-40 rosettes, each with a flowerhead. It’s native habitat is dry, rocky slopes; mesas; limestone bluffs and roadsides. Blooming from [...]

CSR Signs Purchase Agreement of Rocky Mountain Native Plants!

Rocky Mountain Native Plants (located in Rifle, CO) purchase agreement has been signed! Conservation Seeding & Restoration Inc’s capabilities to serve customers, and restore the planet one native plant at a time, has just expanded.

CSR Field Equipment

CSR’s Keith Henstock arrives in Colorado with the field equipment necessary in preparing a pipeline right of way for restoration. This is a new project for Conservation Seeding & Restoration.

Sagebrush & Wetland Plants along the Ruby Pipeline ROW

Earlier this month CSR planted sagebrush seedlings along the Ruby Pipeline. To date , the count of plants installed in Wyoming is 199 wetland/riparian plants and 46,957 upland plants. (Wyoming big sage, Basin big sage, mountain big sagebrush, and black sagebrush) Utah: 7,082 wetland/riparian plants and 65,612 upland plants. (basin big sagebrush and black sagebrush).

Native Plant Focus: Shepherdia argentea, Silver buffaloberry

(photo credit: Julia Adamson) Silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) in the CSR nursery located in Rifle, CO. Native Plant Focus: Shepherdia argentea, Silver buffaloberry Silver buffaloberry is a mound-shaped shrub, 6-20 ft. tall, which sometimes becomes nearly tree-like. The deciduous plant may be single-trunked or have a few short-trunked stems. Twigs are spiny and silvery gray. [...]

Milkweed Seed Ready to Take Flight!

Milkweed seed ready to take flight! “Milkweed is the common name for a group of plants that belong to the Asclepias genus. This genus of plants is named after Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Milkweeds have a long history of being used for medicinal purposes because of the cardiac [...]

Stenopelmatus, Jerusalem Cricket

This Jerusalem cricket,also called Nina de la tierra, was found on the Big Hill fire location (18 miles south of Bruneau, ID) where CSR will start drill seeding for a government contract. “Jerusalem crickets, also called “potato bugs” are a group of large, flightless insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. They are native to the western [...]