Sowing the Seeds of Conservation

Smokey the Bear and Ramona Garner, NRCS PMC manager at the Phoenix City Park’s celebration of National Public Lands day held recently at the North Mountain Preserve

NRCS Plant Materials Center (PMC) manager in Tucson, Arizona, Ramona Garner gave out hundreds of seed packets of native plants at the Phoenix City Park’s celebration of National Public Lands day held

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 recently at the North Mountain Preserve. With attendance in the thousands, National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands. In 2004, nearly 90,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, planted trees and plants, and removed trash and invasive plants.
Your contact is Renee Bodine, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 602-280-8778.