Wednesday, November 20, 2024. 7:00 pm PDT. White Pine Chapter Regular Meeting
Speaker: Bailey Hallwachs, Coordinator National Plant Germplasm System USDA-ARS
Location: Lecompte Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

Bailey Hallwachs is from Cheyenne, Wyoming, she grew up on a working cattle ranch. She developed a passion for agriculture and taking care of the land through sustainable methods of raising cow-calf operations. She was in 4-H and FFA raising sheep and pigs. She also is from Alberta, Canada where her dad farms (alfalfa, canola, hay) and ranches. She received her undergraduate degree in Agroecology and Horticulture from University of Wyoming and her masters in Horticulture from WSU where she did physiological research on the impacts of grapevine red blotch virus on wine grapes in Oregon vineyards.

The Seeds of Success (SOS) program is a large collaborative effort to collect native seed on North American landscapes for use in restoration programs. This program is managed by the USDOI Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and involves many federal and nongovernmental organizations. One of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) SOS collaborations is implemented by the National Plant Germplasm System’s (NPGS) Plant Germplasm Introduction Testing and Research Unit (PGITRU) also known as the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS) located in Pullman, WA on the Washington State University Campus. The SOS collections managed by the USDA ARS NPGS serve important roles in agricultural research and conservation of crop relatives. This presentation will be in-person. It will hopefully be recorded and uploaded to our chapter YouTube channel at a later date. An email will be sent out when that recording is available.