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2 Description of the Information-Gathering Strategy
Pages 23-28

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... Appendix 2A shows the interview guide, which was developed by the Committee and covered the following broad topics: • Purchase and use of native seed and plant materials • Contracting arrangements • Sources of information about native seed availability • Communication with suppliers • Decision making about the use of native seed and plant materials • Substitutions when the desired natives are not available • Monitoring of projects after planting • Expectations for the future The interviews were conducted by the study director (the director of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources) with assistance from a research associate.
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... Survey of State Government Seed Buyers The Committee conducted a survey of departments within state government that use seed and plant materials. Appendix 2C shows the wording of each of the questions included in the survey, which covered the following broad topics: • Purchase and use of native seed and plant materials • Sources of native seed and plant materials • Importance of specific seed characteristics • Purposes of native seed purchases • Seed storage availability • Contracting arrangements used • Sources of information about native seed availability • Communication with suppliers • Substitutions when the desired natives are not available • Monitoring of projects after planting • Availability of in-house expertise • Barriers to using native seed • Expectations for the future The survey was carried out by the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center at Washington State University (SESRC)
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... Appendix 2F shows the wording of each of the questions included in the survey, which covered the following broad topics: • Types of business activities • Types of seed and plant materials sold • Capacity for collecting seed • Capacity for growing seed • Seed storage availability TABLE 2-2  Distribution of Responses to the Survey of State Government Departments by Geographic Region Region Number of Departments Percent East 65 67 West 32 33 Total 97 100 NOTE: East includes AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV; West includes AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY.
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... Given that there is no definitive list of all seed suppliers that could have served as a sampling frame for the survey, the Committee built a list based on information from the following sources that contained the names and contact information of vendors with an interest in native seed: • US Department of Agriculture National Nursery and Seed Directory (Native Plants Journal list) • Native Seed Network • American Seed Trade Association's Environmental and Conservation Seed Committee • BLM seed vendors • US Forest Service seed vendors After a list based on the above sources was assembled, the list was deduplicated, and entities that were not commercial vendors located in the United States were removed.
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... The coders regularly met throughout the coding process to compare the cases coded and discuss discrepancies. After completing the coding for each question, 20 percent of cases were randomly selected for an intercoder reliability check.
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... While the committee was not aware of any existing data source that could provide a comprehensive picture of either the native seed supply or demand in the United States, these records provided a granular view of some segments of the supply chain and enriched the committee's understanding of a few specific market players. The main sources of existing data reviewed by the committee included consolidated seed buy records from BLM.
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