Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration - Full movie

“Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration” is a nine-part video series that explores the native seed supply chain in the western United States. Filmed over four seasons, this series weaves together footage of seed collectors, farmers, researchers, and land managers working to scale up the supply of native seeds to meet the growing restoration demand. We see the staggering scale of damage to vast landscapes and meet tenacious people who are finding creative, scrappy solutions to restore ecosystems.

INSR production team: Nancy Shaw, Olga Kildisheva, Simone Pedrini

Created by INSR and Holden Films, with support from:
United States Bureau of Land Management
United States Forest Service
The Nature Conservancy
Curtin University
June & Paul Rossetti

The use of trade or firm names in this film is for viewer information only and does not imply endorsement by any of the film's sponsors of any product or service.

Cinematographer:
Brady Holden

Producer:
McKenna Asakawa

Editors:
McKenna Asakawa
Brady Holden
Jack Fisher
Anna Lueck

Additional cinematography by:
Jack Fisher
Anna Lueck
Jimmy Michaels

Filming locations:
Axtell, Utah
Bend, Oregon
Boise, Idaho
Corvallis, Oregon
Ely, Nevada
Ephraim, Utah
Farmington, Utah
Gardnerville, Nevada
George, Washington
Joshua Tree, California
Logan, Utah
Moses Lake, Washington
Owyhee, Nevada
Portland, Oregon
Provo, Utah
Reno, Nevada

On the ancestral and contemporary homelands of the:
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Clackamas People
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Confederated Tribes of The Colville Reservation
Confederated Tribes of The Grand Ronde
Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla People
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
Goshute Nation
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Northern Paiute People
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
Southern Paiute People
Timpanogos Nation
Ute Indian Tribe
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
Western Shoshone Tribes
Yakama Nation

We gratefully acknowledge the Native Peoples on whose homelands we filmed.

Additional footage and photos provided by:
Critical Past
Library of Congress
Pond 5
Prelinger Archives
U.S. National Archives Catalog
Uintah County Library Regional History Center
Utah State University Digital History Collections

Music:
Artlist
Track Club

Special thanks to:
Aaron Hull
Adam Stafford
Alexis Gibson
Alexis Larson
Alison Agneray
Amber Johnson
Amy Bartow
Anna Lindquist
Anne Halford
Barb Seibert
Benson Farms, Incorporated
Berta Youtie
Brad St. Clair
Brenda Peters
Bridget Calder
Brigham Young University
Cathy Silliman
Chandler Day
Chelsea Duke
Chuck Hammond
City of Boise
David Stimpson
Dirk Wetz
Ed Kleiner
Elana Feldman
Elizabeth Leger
Ethan Ostraff
Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area
Francis Kilkenny
Garrett Vernon
Garron Aguado
George J. Parker III
Grace Parker
Great Basin Seed
Institute for Applied Ecology
International Network for Seed-Based Restoration
James Mcauliffe
Jason Stevens
Jentry Stoker
Jeremiah R. Pinto
Jerry Benson
Jim Cane
Jim Truax
Jubal Nicholes
Kalista Paladeni
Karin Kettenring
Kathryn La Duca
Kayla Herriman
Keith Hambrecht
Kelly Fogarty
Kenneth Pete Junior
Kevin Gunnell
Kimberly Rizkowsky
Kimberly Wallin
Kolby Olmos
Kyle Cook
Lara Derasary
Larry Scott
Leah Prescott
Linda Duran
Lisa Kennedy
Maddie Houde
Mara Friddle
Marcello De Vitis
Maren Powell
Mark Farmer
Martha Brabec
Mason Mayo
Matthew Benson
Matt Madsen
Matt Thornton
Michael Bouck
Michael Danielson
Missille Designs
Mitch Maxson
Moira Kolada
Nancy Shaw
Olga Kildisheva
Oregon State University
Patricia Roller
Peggy Olwell
Rae Robinson
Rayana Atkins
Rico Galvan
Robby Edgel
Sabry Elias
Sarah Kulpa
Sara Wilson
Scott Kent
Shawn Easton
Sheridan Barton
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation
Simone Pedrini
Society for Ecological Restoration
Society for Range Management
Sophia Heston
Steven Jim
Tom Kaye
Tyler Ross
University of Nevada, Reno
USDA Forest Service
USDA Forest Service, Bend Seed Extractory
USDA Forest Service, Lucky Peak Nursery
USDA NRCS Corvallis Plant Materials Center
USDI Bureau of Land Management
Vicky Erickson
Windsong Atkins
Yeaching Wu

[DollyFoster]

Beautiful documentary. I am watching and cleaning my own native seeds.

[jenniferevans]

Thank you for such an in depth look at what is being done across the nation to preserve seeds

[IsaacCopperSeed]

Shout out to my Indigenous ancestors!! None of this would be possible without them & The Creator!! Wado🪶🏹

[kenhunt]

Looking at the strong connection to Utah with this project I am struck with the power structure there who at every step works against the ideas presented here.
No other State uses as much water per person.
The Bear River Project is still in play.
The Lake Powell Pipeline still gets funding.
The fight over public lands never ends.
The almost total use of Kentucky Bluegrass is ridiculous.
70% of the water in the State goes to one crop, alfalfa. Alfalfa adds less than 1% to the State's GDP.
The development fever is part of the Culture in the Beehive State.
All aspects of life are monetized in Utah.

[roberthorn]

This looks like wonderful, important work. I will bet Trump chopped most of this funding and laid off many of the federal workers involved. That is a shame.

[brianramsey]

Couple things fire seems pretty natural wonder if it's hard for humans to accept natural ecological evolution such as fire. Two who the heck needs sage brush?

[IsaacCopperSeed]

Europeans came and colonized these lands, they came and destroyed these lands. Indigenous people didn't do anything but take care and love these lands. Learn from my ancestors. Don't feel bad but learn how to help out the lands so they can be restored!