Sage Grouse Along the Ruby Pipeine Restoration

Revegetation efforts along the Ruby Pipeline consisted of native plant species vital to wildlife in the region, including Sage Grouse.

Welcome Home CSR Ruby Pipeline Restoration Crew!

The CSR installation crew recently completed the native plantings on the Ruby Pipeline. This project comprised of planting sagebrush species, wetland native plants, antelope bitterbrush, ponderosa pine, and mountain mahogany across 670 miles of pipeline. The CSR crews began in Utah in the spring of 2011 and then planted in Wyoming in the fall. They [...]

Ruby Pipeline Restoration

The last shipment of native plants destined for the Ruby Pipeline Restoration project made their way to Oregon last week. 42,000 ponderosa pine, mountain mahogany, and bitterbrush arrived for planting, which brings the total to approximately 125,000 native plants shipped and installed across Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Oregon this spring.  This in addition to the 125,000 plants [...]

Spring 2012 on the Ruby Pipeline

The CSR installation crews are back up and running on the Ruby Pipeline Restoration project. Currently we are planting four species of sagebrush across the Nevada portion of the pipeline to encourage wildlife habitat opportunities. The photos illustrate the size and scope of this huge restoration project that runs 674 miles. To date the Wyoming [...]

Ruby Pipeline Restoration Project 2011

In 2011, the CSR Ruby Team installed approximately 170,000 native plants in Wyoming and Utah. Stage two of the Ruby Pipeline restoration project begins this week with orientation and new hire training. 150,000 native plants are scheduled to be installed in Nevada and Oregon. These include: sage, bitterbrush and mountain mahogany.

Invasive Species Awareness Week: Conscientious Herbicide Applications

Conservation Seeding & Restoration Inc is not an herbicide spray company. The services we offer do not revolve around chemical applications, but rather the Restoration of native plant habitats. When we do use herbicides we treat weeds only so that native grasses and plants can establish themselves and out-compete weeds for water, light, nutrients, and [...]

National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2012, Focus on Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)

Cheatgrass: photo credit February 26th through March 3rd is National Invasive Species Awareness Week, 2012! To answer the question, “What is an invasive species?”.  Invasive species are, according to ISDA, “harmful, non-native plants, animals, and pathogens that damage our economy and environment. They include species like white pine blister rust, zebra mussels, Asian gypsy moth, [...]

Native Seed Collection for Great Basin Restoration

Photo and Story shared from Boise State Public Radio. Reported by Emily Schwing on Jan 11th, 2012. Boise, ID – A long-term initiative to restore native plants throughout the Great Basin Region includes hundreds of thousands of acres of land south of Kuna, Idaho. The Morley Nelson Birds of Prey National Conservation Area is prime [...]

Ruby Pipeline Right of Way Restoration: Little Bear River, Lime Kiln Drainage

Two separate revegetation plans were completed fall 2011 as an addition to the large-scale Ruby Pipeline Right of Way Restoration. The East Fork of the Little Bear River Wildlife Management Area, located approximately 2 miles east of Avon, UT, was comprised of three different vegetation types: riparian/wetland shrub, meadow, and woodland. The riparian/wetland area was [...]

Reclamation Project in Colorado

(Wattles placed on grade to reduce erosion and sediment loss) This reclamation project is located near Silt, CO. and spans across 7 miles of privately-owned land, intertwined with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) parcels. CSR Biologist, Annette Garrigues, monitored each site and came up with methodologies for reclamation based on terrain, ecosystems, plant species found [...]