Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative records
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