10/7/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Ryan Welch, outreach coordinator, Tallgrass Prairie Center, (319) 273-3828

Rebecca Schultze, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728

Tallgrass Prairie Center presents native seed workshop on Oct. 30

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa presents a "Native Seed Harvest and Cleaning Workshop," from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Participants will learn when and how to harvest different seed species, how to determine seed ripe/fill, cleaning and conditioning to improve seed quality and tips on seed storage. In addition to a "Name that Seed" quiz with prizes, the workshop will feature hands-on, low-tech harvest and cleaning techniques, mechanical harvest and cleaning demonstrations and equipment demonstrations.

A registration fee of $50 includes a catered lunch, a native seed production manual and reference materials. Space is limited. Registration is due to Ryan Welch, outreach coordinator at the Tallgrass Prairie Center, no later than Friday, Oct. 24. For more information, contact Welch via e-mail at [log in to unmask]; phone, (319) 273-3828; or fax, (319) 268-0668.

The Tallgrass Prairie Center at UNI is located at 2412 W. 27th St., one-quarter mile west of the UNI-Dome.

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