{"id":13826,"date":"2023-11-13T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=13826"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:43:36","slug":"sierra-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/sierra-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13824\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-396x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-729x486.jpg 729w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/IMG_6009-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sierra Smith, Agriculture Faculty\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>WSU Thurston County Extension<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"mailto:sierra.smith1@wsu.edu\">sierra.smith1@wsu.edu<\/a>, (360) 867-2165<\/h6>\n<h3>Main Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Native seed production and use. Animal-based land management. Multi-use landscape at the intersection of agriculture, habitat, and horticulture. Support for indigenous land use. Social and community-based farming. Botany. Agroforestry.<\/p>\n<h6>Current Responsibilities:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Statewide instructor for new farmer training: Cultivating Success<\/li>\n<li>Supports the SW Washington Grazing Association<\/li>\n<li>Co-hosts the SW Washington Grazing School<\/li>\n<li>Collaboratively manages the Camas Demonstration Ranch<\/li>\n<li>Technical advisor for grassland restoration specifically around native seeding efforts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Previous Roles:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Farming: Native seeds (10 years), livestock (11 years), vegetables (3 years)<\/li>\n<li>Botanist for Yosemite National Park<\/li>\n<li>Nursery Manager for Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Landscaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Publications<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Smith, Sierra<\/strong>. 2017. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/Regional_Native_Seed_Cooperatives_Smith_2017.pdf\"><em>Regional native seed cooperatives: working toward available, affordable, and appropriate native seed (pdf) <\/em><\/a><\/strong>Native Plants. Volume 18. Number 2. Summer 2017. Pages 126-134<\/li>\n<li>Krock, Sarah, <strong>Sierra Smith<\/strong>, Carl Elliot, Anita Kennedy, Sarah Hamman. 2016. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/26524807\"><em>Using smoke-water and cold-moist stratification to improve germination of native prairie species<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Native Plants. Volume 17. Number 1. Spring 2016. Pages 19-27<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smith, Sierra<\/strong> L., Anna A. Sher, Thomas A. Grant III. 2007. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1526-100X.2007.00231.x\"><em>Genetic Diversity in Restoration Materials and the Impacts of Seed Collection in Colorado\u2019s Restoration Plant Production Industry<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Restoration Ecology. Volume 15. Issue 3. Pages 369-374<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smith, Sierra<\/strong> L., David J Mabberley. 2007. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2023\/11\/Journey-to-a-Snowgum-Woodland.pdf\"><em>A Snowgum Woodland in Seattle (pdf) <\/em><\/a><\/strong>Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin. Volume 69. Issue 2. Pages 12-15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Smith, Agriculture Faculty\u00a0 WSU Thurston County Extension sierra.smith1@wsu.edu, (360) 867-2165 Main Interests Native seed production and use. Animal-based land management. Multi-use landscape at the intersection of agriculture, habitat, and horticulture. 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