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Aberdeen PMC Staff Receives “Outstanding Plant Materials Team” Award
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(from left)
Brent Cornforth, Pat Blaker, Loren St. John, State Conservationist Jeff
Burwell, Boyd Simonson, Chris Hoag, Charlie Bair, and Dan Thompsen
(NRCS image -- click to enlarge) |
The staff at the
Plant Materials Center
(PMC) in Aberdeen, Idaho, recently received the “Outstanding Plant Materials
Team” award this year for their hard work to meet customer and resource needs.
They are always among NRCS’s top producers of high quality foundation seed and
technical documents; they provide outstanding technical training and assistance
to the Intermountain West.
PMC Team leader Loren St. John's staff includes wetland plant ecologist Chris
Hoag, farm manager Brent Cornforth, biological technician Boyd Simonson,
biological technician Charlie Bair, administrative assistant Pat Blaker, and
biological aide Dan Thompsen. Dan Ogle is the Plant Materials Specialist
for Idaho and Utah and is stationed in Boise.
In a small ceremony that included field and State office staff as well as
partners from the South Bingham Soil Conservation District, Idaho State
Conservationist Jeff Burwell presented each employee a certificate of
appreciation. “The staff at the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center
consistently excels in all they do. They exemplify the excellence of NRCS
and the Plant Materials Program,” Burwell said.
The Aberdeen Plant Materials Center has been in operation since 1939; testing,
selecting, and releasing conservation plant materials and developing management
information to help solve natural resource problems in the Intermountain West.
Home Farm operations are headquartered on land and buildings provided through a
partnership with the South Bingham Soil Conservation District.
Your contact is Loren St. John at
208-397-4133.
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