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Louisiana and Mississippi

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A cross-country donation of $5,000 was given to support Louisiana's and Mississippi’s State soil display for the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit. 

 

 

 

Nevada

Kevin Brown (right), NRCS Area Conservationist, and the President, Coastal & Native Plant Specialties, Inc., discuss the cycle of propagating wild sea oats. The sea oats are used for beach erosion control projects around the country. (NRCS photo)Great Basin Plant Materials Center Dedicated
About 80 Federal, State, and local officials recently gathered on the grounds of the Newlands, Nevada, Experimental Farm to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Great Basin NRCS Plant Materials Center (PMC) and to observe the official transfer of the farm from the University of Nevada – Reno’s (UNR) College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources to NRCS.  Dean David Thawley from UNR turned over the facility to Nevada NRCS State Conservationist Richard Vigil.

South Carolina

East Region Earth Team volunteer coordinators traiing logoEast Region Earth Team Volunteer Coordinators "Walk the Talk"
As part of the recent East Region Earth Team State volunteer coordinators training,  participants got a chance to restore dunes during a visit to nearby Sullivan’s Island. 

 


 

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PLANTS database logoAdditional Sources for Tree Species Information
By clicking on PLANTS Links found at the bottom of the left hand navigation area on the PLANTS Home Page, visitors can find many sources of information on individual plant species other than the basic information and Fact Sheets.

 

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