Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center

Updated 08/21/2008

Galliano, Louisiana

Established 1989

Louisiana is losing about 25 square miles of coastal wetlands to erosion every year. The Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center in Galliano, Louisiana develops plants and procedures to reverse this loss of coastal wetlands in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. The Center has released several improved conservation plants including 'Pelican’ black mangrove, ‘Vermillion’ smooth cordgrass and Caminada Germplasm seaoats, and has published planting guides on establishing these coastal plants.

Special Features

• How We're Helping To Protect Those Coastal Sand Dunes - Mar 30, 2007
• Rebuilding New Orleans and Southern Louisiana Could be Risky - Aug 29, 2005

Plants Useful for Coastal Stabilization

Coastal Restoration and Protection Resources

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2007 Progress Report of Activities (192 KB) April 2008

Contact

438 Airport Rd.
Galliano, LA 70354

Telephone: 985.475.5280
FAX: 985.475.6545
Email: Richard.Neill@la.usda.gov

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