ghostsofevolution | Torreya Guardians - 2022 reflections by Connie Barlow (2 decades of citizen action) @ghostsofevolution | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
Torreya Guardians is internationally known for conducting the first "assisted migration" action for a climate-endangered plant, Florida Torreya. Advocacy began in 2004, with actions ramping up in 2008. This network of engaged citizens, however, relied on an "exception" (just for plants) in the Endangered Species Act in order to do so legally. Finally, in 2022 the federal agency in charge of endangered species proposed updating the regulations pertaining to "experimental populations" in order to facilitate its use for climate adaptation: helping species move to cooler habitats. Time-coded list of topics:
00:04 - Introduction and early history: Barlow and Martin 2004 advocacy
torreyaguardians.org/barlow-martin.pdf
01:15 - Why a deep-time perspective is vital (Torreya is a "glacial relict")
torreyaguardians.org/assisted_migration_paleoecology.html
04:56 - "Helping forests walk" is an Indigenous term for "assisted migration"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America#Indigenous_people's_perspectives_and_actions
05:25 - Native Americans helped pawpaw track climate change in the past
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/g/agl/AbramsNowacki%20Holocene.pdf
05:58 - Federal government and botanic gardens oppose Torreya Guardians
torreyaguardians.org/guardians.html
06:44 - History of 1984 ESA listing of Torreya and the official recovery plan
torreyaguardians.org/save.html#official
07:00 - First recovery plan lists a dozen native diseases as cause of decline
torreyaguardians.org/1986-usfws.pdf
07:40 - U FL pathologist names "Fusarium torreyae" as singular cause
torreyaguardians.org/extinction.html#symposium
08:40 - Old horticultural plantings show that torreya resists diseases in north
torreyaguardians.org/historic-groves.html
08:47 - Torreya species in California migrated on mountains to stay healthy
torreyaguardians.org/california.html
09:31 - Biltmore Gardens (NC) donated seeds to Torreya Guardians in 2005
torreyaguardians.org/biltmore.html
10:01 - Endangered Species Act has an "exception" for plants (not animals)
torreyaguardians.org/shirey-2013-excerpts.pdf
11:20 - "It is now 2022 and we are still the only ones moving Torreya north."
12:01 - Citizens documented torreya naturalized in North Carolina gardens
12:47 - Citizens documented slow dispersal rate: just 40 yards per century
torreyaguardians.org/highlands.html
13:21 - Climate-stressed trees in western states are killed by native beetles
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvRBS695TaXEORtQX-UYQ0VyDbcIodhu
15:00 - Eastern USA needs a deep-time perspective for assisted migration
thegreatstory.org/climate-trees-legacy.html#pigeon
16:10 - Examples of Torreya Guardians gathering, sorting, distributing seeds
torreyaguardians.org/clinton-bullard.html
20:11 - Agency and botanic gardens in charge become hostile to T Guardians
torreyaguardians.org/case-study-2021.html
21:36 - History of official program launch: branchlets cut and rooted early 90s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_taxifolia#Ex_situ_genetic_safeguarding
23:13 - Success with rooted branchlets led to ex situ plantings in N. Georgia
24:50 - Abundant seed production ex situ — but not counted, not distributed
25:45 - Barlow launched FOIA seed query 2018; result was no documentation
torreyaguardians.org/foia.html
26:58 - T Guardians website documents actions, results, learnings
27:49 - Northern botanical gardens officially discouraged from "assisted migration"
torreyaguardians.org/barlow-to-usfws-sept-2021.pdf
28:32 - TG documents controversies: "Case Study" and "Endangerment" webpages
30:27 - U FL Fusarium communications foment disease fear — absent peer review
torreyaguardians.org/extinction.html#fusarium
35:37 - Fusarium is found at north gardens but not lethal there; conflict remains
blogs.tallahassee.com/community/2021/11/09/the-endangered-florida-torreya
38:32 - Encourages viewers to try to access protocols, look for peer reviews
39:10 - Endangered Species Act regs may soon authorize assisted migration (A.M.
doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-proposes-expanding-conservation-technique-climate-change-threatens)
41:57 - Barlow advocates simpler protocols for A.M. of PLANTS than for animals
torreyaguardians.org/esa-reg-comments-2022.pdf
43:22 - Barlow ends: "May the forest be with you."
This video is Episode 35 in the "Torreya taxifolia assisted migration" PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvRBS695TaXwOH416C7okxBeo358sn1o
Annotated version of the playlist: torreyaguardians.org/video.html
WEB LINKS:
torreyaguardians.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_taxifolia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_Guardians
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America
Torreya Guardians is internationally known for conducting the first "assisted migration" action for a climate-endangered plant, Florida Torreya. Advocacy began in 2004, with actions ramping up in 2008. This network of engaged citizens, however, relied on an "exception" (just for plants) in the Endangered Species Act in order to do so legally. Finally, in 2022 the federal agency in charge of endangered species proposed updating the regulations pertaining to "experimental populations" in order to facilitate its use for climate adaptation: helping species move to cooler habitats. Time-coded list of topics:
00:04 - Introduction and early history: Barlow and Martin 2004 advocacy
torreyaguardians.org/barlow-martin.pdf
01:15 - Why a deep-time perspective is vital (Torreya is a "glacial relict")
torreyaguardians.org/assisted_migration_paleoecology.html
04:56 - "Helping forests walk" is an Indigenous term for "assisted migration"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America#Indigenous_people's_perspectives_and_actions
05:25 - Native Americans helped pawpaw track climate change in the past
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/g/agl/AbramsNowacki%20Holocene.pdf
05:58 - Federal government and botanic gardens oppose Torreya Guardians
torreyaguardians.org/guardians.html
06:44 - History of 1984 ESA listing of Torreya and the official recovery plan
torreyaguardians.org/save.html#official
07:00 - First recovery plan lists a dozen native diseases as cause of decline
torreyaguardians.org/1986-usfws.pdf
07:40 - U FL pathologist names "Fusarium torreyae" as singular cause
torreyaguardians.org/extinction.html#symposium
08:40 - Old horticultural plantings show that torreya resists diseases in north
torreyaguardians.org/historic-groves.html
08:47 - Torreya species in California migrated on mountains to stay healthy
torreyaguardians.org/california.html
09:31 - Biltmore Gardens (NC) donated seeds to Torreya Guardians in 2005
torreyaguardians.org/biltmore.html
10:01 - Endangered Species Act has an "exception" for plants (not animals)
torreyaguardians.org/shirey-2013-excerpts.pdf
11:20 - "It is now 2022 and we are still the only ones moving Torreya north."
12:01 - Citizens documented torreya naturalized in North Carolina gardens
12:47 - Citizens documented slow dispersal rate: just 40 yards per century
torreyaguardians.org/highlands.html
13:21 - Climate-stressed trees in western states are killed by native beetles
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvRBS695TaXEORtQX-UYQ0VyDbcIodhu
15:00 - Eastern USA needs a deep-time perspective for assisted migration
thegreatstory.org/climate-trees-legacy.html#pigeon
16:10 - Examples of Torreya Guardians gathering, sorting, distributing seeds
torreyaguardians.org/clinton-bullard.html
20:11 - Agency and botanic gardens in charge become hostile to T Guardians
torreyaguardians.org/case-study-2021.html
21:36 - History of official program launch: branchlets cut and rooted early 90s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_taxifolia#Ex_situ_genetic_safeguarding
23:13 - Success with rooted branchlets led to ex situ plantings in N. Georgia
24:50 - Abundant seed production ex situ — but not counted, not distributed
25:45 - Barlow launched FOIA seed query 2018; result was no documentation
torreyaguardians.org/foia.html
26:58 - T Guardians website documents actions, results, learnings
27:49 - Northern botanical gardens officially discouraged from "assisted migration"
torreyaguardians.org/barlow-to-usfws-sept-2021.pdf
28:32 - TG documents controversies: "Case Study" and "Endangerment" webpages
30:27 - U FL Fusarium communications foment disease fear — absent peer review
torreyaguardians.org/extinction.html#fusarium
35:37 - Fusarium is found at north gardens but not lethal there; conflict remains
blogs.tallahassee.com/community/2021/11/09/the-endangered-florida-torreya
38:32 - Encourages viewers to try to access protocols, look for peer reviews
39:10 - Endangered Species Act regs may soon authorize assisted migration (A.M.
doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-proposes-expanding-conservation-technique-climate-change-threatens)
41:57 - Barlow advocates simpler protocols for A.M. of PLANTS than for animals
torreyaguardians.org/esa-reg-comments-2022.pdf
43:22 - Barlow ends: "May the forest be with you."
This video is Episode 35 in the "Torreya taxifolia assisted migration" PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJvRBS695TaXwOH416C7okxBeo358sn1o
Annotated version of the playlist: torreyaguardians.org/video.html
WEB LINKS:
torreyaguardians.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_taxifolia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torreya_Guardians
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_migration_of_forests_in_North_America
