爱达荷州监狱育苗计划助力山火后生态修复：在押人员今年培育57,000株山艾树苗
爱达荷州 Kuna——爱达荷州惩教部宣布，在监狱山艾树计划（Sagebrush in Prisons Project）下，爱达荷州惩教中心（ISCC）在押人员今年共培育并收获57,000株山艾树幼苗，这批本土植物将用于全州栖息地修复，包括山火过火区的恢复。
该计划由应用生态研究所（Institute for Applied Ecology）与联邦土地管理局（BLM）、爱达荷州渔猎部合作运行，除 ISCC 外，南 Boise 女子惩教中心（SBWCC）亦参与育苗。山艾树草原是美西大盆地标志性生态系统，为艾草松鸡等野生动物提供栖息地；山火与入侵草种令其大面积退化，人工育苗补植是灾后恢复的关键一环。
惩教部表示，参与者在育苗过程中学习园艺与生态修复技能，收获的幼苗将交付合作机构用于修复种植。类似的监狱生态修复育苗模式已在美国西部多州推行，兼顾土地恢复与在押人员职业培训。
Idaho Inmates Grow 57,000 Sagebrush Seedlings This Year for Wildfire Habitat Restoration Under the Sagebrush in Prisons Project
Kuna, Idaho — Participants at the Idaho State Correctional Center (ISCC) grew and harvested 57,000 sagebrush seedlings this year under the Sagebrush in Prisons Project, the Idaho Department of Correction said. The native plants will be used in habitat restoration projects, including areas recovering from wildfire.
The project is a partnership with the Institute for Applied Ecology, the Bureau of Land Management and Idaho Fish & Game, and also runs at the South Boise Women's Correctional Center (SBWCC). Sagebrush steppe is the signature ecosystem of the Great Basin in the American West and provides habitat for wildlife such as the greater sage-grouse; wildfire and invasive grasses have degraded large areas, making nursery-grown seedlings a key tool for post-fire recovery.
The department said participants learn horticulture and restoration skills while growing the plants, and the harvested seedlings are handed to partner agencies for restoration planting. Similar prison-based ecological restoration nurseries operate in several western states, combining land recovery with vocational training for incarcerated people.
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图片来源：爱达荷州的山艾树草原。图：USFWS - Pacific Region，Wikimedia Commons，Public domain。 / Sagebrush steppe in Idaho. Photo by USFWS - Pacific Region, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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