Natural Resources Conservation Service

Plant Materials Program

United States Department of Agriculture

Climate-Smart Practices Keep the Land Covered

There are many ways that farmers can use plant cover to mitigate & adapt to climate change. To learn climate-smart practices, farmers can turn to resources like USDA’s Lockeford Plant Materials Center (CAPMC), Lockeford, CA, which is one of 25 PMCs nationwide.

Jessa Kay Cruz of the Xerces Society (with net) examines wild bees along with participants at the Lockeford Plant Materials Center's Open House in April 2015.

Addressing Critical Areas With Molokai Land Trust

The Ho'olehua Plant Materials Center in Hoolehua, Hawaii is working with Molokai Land Trust to develop a technique to establish natives using only natural rainfall in critical areas with about 20” annual rainfall and have windswept soils that are denuded of all vegetation.

Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific NorthWest

The Corvallis Plant Materials Center (PMC) announces a new publication available to seed producers (and seed enthusiasts) called the Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest.

Image of the cover of the Native Seed Production Manual

For the Love of Grass

Retired Plant Materials Leaders Visit Pullman PMC on their 2015 "For the Love of Grass" Annual Trek

Retired PM Program leaders standing in a field of wildflowers and native grasses.

After the Fire: Recovery Resources

The Plant Materials Program develops plants and techniques for rehabilitation of burned lands and evaluates the ability of plants and landscaping methods to lessen fire damage and protect lives in populated areas.