Native seeds could soon be fueling new growth on burned out acreage across Hawaii

HONOLULU — The federal government is funneling millions of dollars to a University of Hawaii initiative aimed at increasing the number of seeds for hardy native and non-invasive plants that can compete against the dominant invasive grasses that fuel wildfires.to breed native plants across the island chain.

The grant is one of nine awarded to Hawaii by the forest service last week under the Community Wildfire Defense Grants program. The money comes from a five-year, $1 billion fund created under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall

Trauernicht said that the $4.6 million will fund the work over the long term, as the project will have multiple stages and require collaboration between several new and existing organizations.Collecting the seeds of hardier, common native species marks a departure from Hawaii’s previous seed-banking standards, which have been focused on threatened and endangered native flora, Lyon Arboretum seed bank manager Nathaniel Kingsley said.

Teams are expected to be deployed throughout the island to collect up to 2 million seeds to be stored at the seed banks including Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and Lyon Arboretum on Oahu.

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