1.0NorthWoods Stewardship Centerhttps://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpressnorthwoodshttps://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpress/author/northwoods/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="f3Ri8GvcpU"><a href="https://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpress/our-seeds-go-to-svalbard/">Our Seeds go to Svalbard!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpress/our-seeds-go-to-svalbard/embed/#?secret=f3Ri8GvcpU" width="600" height="338" title="“Our Seeds go to Svalbard!” — NorthWoods Stewardship Center" data-secret="f3Ri8GvcpU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.northwoodscenter.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/birchseeds-svalbard.jpeg600800Last fall the Riparian Lands crew teamed up with the Statewide Seed Coordinator at Intervale Center to collect gray birch in the Champlain Valley and with our ECO AmeriCorps member Sarah Redman, here in Brighton, VT. Some of the seeds from both collections were later sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa to be tested and stored long-term. These samples currently have a 96%-98% viability! We are excited to announce that another sample from those two collections is now being stored at the Svalbard Global Seed [Read More...]