NRCS Caribbean Area Hosts National Plant Materials Program Staff
From left to right: José L. Rivera, Caribbean Area Resource Conservationist; Jaime Valentín, Caribbean Area State Resource Conservationist; José L. Otero, citrus farm owner; John Englert, National Plant Materials Specialist; Mario Rodríguez, Caribbean Area State Agronomist; Dervin Fernandez, UPR Agricultural Extension Service; and Ivan Quintero, organic farmer; inspect cover crops in Ciales, PR.
As part of the NHQ Plant Materials Program visit February 18-19, 2015, NRCS National Plant Materials personnel and Caribbean Area Ecological Sciences Division staff visited a citrus farm in Ciales, PR, to observe conservation covers.
On February 24, 2015 in honor of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, USDA NRCS participated in an Open House at UPR Mayagüez to transmit information about our work with invasive plants and distribute outreach materials and publications to students and professors. Other local and State organizations participated in this activity.
From left to right: Jaime Valentín, SRC Caribbean Area (CB); Steve Woodruff, Agronomist at the East National Technology Support Center (NTSC); Edwin Más, CB Plant Materials Specialist; Steve Boetger, Agronomist at NTSC; and Mario Rodríguez, CB State Agronomist speak to University students about invasive plants.
