Projects & Initiatives

Learn more about the Plant Materials Program projects, initiatives, and conservation technical assistance through program fact sheets, technical notes, technical publications, and brochures. These documents address the many aspects of the Plant Materials Program and offer plant solutions to many conservation issues, topics, and NRCS conservation initiatives.

Plant Materials Publications Related to NRCS priority initiatives

Gulf Coast Initiative
- Plants for Gulf Coast Restoration
Landscape Conservation Initiatives - Sage Grouse
- Improving Sage-Grouse Habitat through Revegetation and Rangeland Management. (PDF; 712 KB) Ogle, Dan and Larry Holzworth. 2010. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. February 2010. 2p. (ID# 9326)
- Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration: getting started in the Dakotas. (PDF; 200 KB) Bismarck PMC. 2007. USDA NRCS, Bismarck, ND. February 2007. 6p. (ID# 7087)
- Profile of Greater Sage-Grouse. (PDF; 93 KB) Manuel Rosales. 2005. Fact Sheet mostly related to sage- grouse, Meeker, CO. January 2005. 2p. (ID# 6355)

NRCS Landscape Conservation Initiatives - Longleaf Pine
- Plant fact Sheet-Longleaf Pine. (PDF; 219K) Mike Owsley Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Homepage, march 2011. 2p. (ID# 10355)
- Native understory forbs and grasses for pollinator and insect utilization in southeastern longleaf pine ecosystems. (PDF; 1,687 KB) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2011. PM website, Feb 2011. 6p. (ID# 10201)
- Georgia Native Plant Material Guide for Longleaf Pine Understory. (PDF; 6.9 MB) Mike Owsley and Jim Latham. 2008. Georgia NRCS, Athens, Ga. May 2008. 61p. (ID# 7898)
- USDA NRCS Texas - Longleaf Pine on YouTube

NRCS Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative
- Improving Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Through Revegetation and Rangeland Management
- Chisholm Germplasm Chikasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia) Release Brochure

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Projects & Initiatives

Plant Materials Publications Related to NRCS priority initiatives

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Improving Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat