One of the important jobs of the Forest Service is to oversee restoration projects for forests, grasslands, and watersheds that have been harvested, damaged by wildfire, or otherwise disturbed. An important tool in those restoration projects is seeds! More than 100 years ago, the Forest Service established a nursery system to gather, clean, sort, and store or germinate seeds. Today, that nursery system is made up of six nurseries and two stand-alone seed extractories. Read this spotlight to learn more about the Bend Seed Extractory in Oregon!