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data collection in pollinator plots

NRCS Conservation Planning Training

The conservation planning process is a collaboration between the conservation planner and the customer. Conservation planners are there every step of the way to assist customers with implementation as needed.  Plant Materials Center staff provide training to conservation planners on tools and resources for addressing conservation needs. 

Hands holding a small bucket containing a native seed mix

NRCS Conservation Seeding Process

This webinar series describes principles of the NRCS conservation seeding process using examples from Montana/Wyoming. The series is designed to be used as a unit. Information in one webinar may be needed to fully understand the information in another.

A grass drill pulled by a tractor over a prepared seed bed.  Two people ride on the grass drill to monitor seed planting.

Calibrating a Seed Drill

An agronomist at the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, presents instructions on how to calibrate a seed drill to plant a cover crop mix and a range seeding of native species.

Inventory of existing vegetation during a site assessment on rangeland site

Identification of Common Restoration and Weedy Grasses of Semi-Arid Sites in the Intermountain West

The manager of the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center goes step-by-step through a dichotomous key for the identification of several common Intermountain grasses commonly encountered in NRCS practices.