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Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UG 134

Scope and Contents

Documents the history of IETIC from 1974-2005. Contains Correspondance with government, tribal, forest organizations. Also, reports on testing, progress, news clippings and annual meetings and reports.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974 - 2005

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1968, the Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative (IETIC) is a diverse group of 19 organizations in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana who have joined together to apply classical plant breeding techniques to important native conifer species for the purpose of producing genetically improved tree seed for commercial reforestation and ecosystem restoration.

Since the IETIC's first progeny tests were established in 1974, more than 120 field tests have been established with more than one million seedlings. While serving primarily as a "proving" grounds for the thousands of parent tree selections that have been made in the woods, these tests also server an important function as gene archives.

Members have access to IETIC genetic materials and can clone top ranking trees through grafting, a technique used for centuries in agriculture and horticulture. A branch tip from the selected tree is "grafted" onto a seedling rootstock to produce a new tree. These grafted trees are then planted together and managed for cone and seed production. Seeds produced in these "seed orchards" are germinated and grown to provide seedlings for reforestation and ecosystem restoration.

https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ietic/

Extent

8 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Reports, correspondence, and articles from IETIC.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials received from Lauren Fins in 2012 (2012-41).

General

Created from MA 2012-41. Discarded duplicates and water damaged items. Magazines pulled for other collections. Left sample of summary tests.

Title
Guide to Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative records
Status
Completed
Author
Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository