National Committee Visits New Plant Materials Center

(above from left) advisory committee members and guest Joel Douglas, Mike Odegard, Bob Jones and John McLain tour historical buildings at Great Basin PMC (NRCS image -- click to enlarge) (from left) Bob Jones, Great Basin PMC manager Eric Eldredge, JR Flores, Norman Vigil, Jon Hovanesian, and Jim Briggs (NRCS image -- click to enlarge)

The Chief’s advisory committee on plant materials recently visited the (requires Adobe Acrobat) Great Basin Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Fallon, Nevada.  The committee toured the brand new office and storage facility and discussed plant materials trials at the PMC.

After the tour, the committee met to discuss issues, challenges, and opportunities in the Plant Materials Program, the performance index created to develop a balanced program at each PMC, and efforts to increase awareness of the plant materials program among employees and partners.

Committee members touring the new PMC were committee chair, South Carolina NRCS State Conservationist (STC) Chair Niles Glasgow; North Dakota STC J. R. Flores; and Alaska STC Bob Jones, along with advisors John McLain from Nevada and Jon Hovanesian from Florida.  Other NRCS employees participating included Jim Briggs, Joel Douglas, John Englert, Norman Vigil, Eric Eldredge, Mike Odegard, and Liz Warner.
Your contact is NRCS South Carolina State Conservationist Niles Glasgow at 803-253-3940.