The UNPP...
Collaboration & Partnership:
Connecting People to Plants & Plants to Projects!
The Umpqua Native Plant Partnership (UNPP), created as a program under The Understory Initiative (TUI) in 2021, addresses the need for locally adapted native plant materials in the Umpqua Basin. The UNPP was modeled after the Rogue Native Plant Partnership (RNPP) to strengthen restoration efforts through collaboration among agencies, private entities, and community members.
With TUI as its fiscal sponsor and through grant funding, the UNPP has built a network of partners, formed a Steering Committee, developed a MOU and 5-year strategic plan, and created a native plant material program to support its mission- to grow a robust native plant materials economy in tandem with promoting the ecological restoration of diverse ecosystems in the Umpqua Basin.
The work of the UNPP benefits local ecosystems, enhancing diversity and resilience to ensure that these ecosystems endure into the future, providing inherent benefits as well as a variety of ecosystem services to our community.
Activities
Learn about The Understory Initiative's Rare Plant Monitoring Volunteer Program.
Thank YOU to All the UNPP Volunteers in 2024!
Partnership
The UNPP is currently funded by BLM, The Partners Program for USFWS and USFS, and is heavily supported by the Native Plant Society - Umpqua Chapter, Pheonix School, Local Native Plant Producers, and other community partners - THANK YOU!
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Do you have ideas on how to support UNPP goals? We would love to hear them at our biannual meeting or email us anytime!
Production to Restoration Support
At Umpqua Native Plant Partnership, we are dedicated to addressing the need for partners, landowners, and producers to have access to native plant materials, ecological restoration planning, and production support.
Let us know if you are interested in ecological restoration or growing native species for ecological restoration projects in the basin.
Updates
Stay in the Know
Funding 2023 - 2026
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USFS - Umpqua NF proposal updated to include NPM production in 2024.
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BLM grant awarded summer 2023.
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FWS BIL-ER Fall 2023 will provide new infrastructure funding for local NPM production.
~ THANK YOU FUNDING PARTNERS ~
2023 Seed Collection Stats - 2024 To Be Posted this Winter
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10 seed collection events, over 100 collections, totaling 10 lbs.
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34 volunteers & 400 volunteer hours!
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2 New Sites - Twin Lakes & Oak Flats
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Achillea millefolium, Bromus Carinatus, Clarkia purpurea, Danthonia californica, Dodecatheon hendersonii, Eriophyllum lanatum, Erythranthe guttatus, Lupinus albifrons. and many more!
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Get Involved & Make Your Mark!
Show your support, volunteer your time, and partner with us - your contribution will help the UNPP soar to make a true change in the ecological resiliency of our beautiful and diverse Umpqua Basin for people and the ecosystems that support us!
Wanna make a financial contribution?
The Understory Initiative is the fiscal sponsor of the partnership, and can accept donations on behalf of the UNPP!
Contact Umpqua Native Plant Partnership
Get in touch with Umpqua Native Plant Partnership to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.
