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Plants & Animals

  • Plant Materials Program
  • Pollinators
  • Fire: Resources for Preparation, Monitoring, and Recovery

Highlights - Plant Materials Program

  • Plant Materials Technical Notes
  • Seed Collections - Montana and Wyoming
  • Bridger PMC-TV
  • Plant Materials Forms
  • Field Plantings and Reports

Related Topics

  • Sage Grouse Initiative
  • Biology
  • Forestry
  • Threatened & Endangered Species
  • Invasive Species
  • Publications - Bridger PMC
  • PLANTS Database

Plant Materials Program - Montana and Wyoming

Combine harvesting grass seed on a PMC demonstration planting.
Combine harvesting grass seed on a PMC demonstration planting.
Honey bee pollinating purple prairie clover at Bridger Plant Materials Center's forb demonstration planting.
Honey bee pollinating purple prairie clover at Bridger Plant Materials Center's forb demonstration planting.

The purpose of the program is to use plants and plant technologies to help solve natural resource problems. Beneficial uses of plants include improving rangeland and soil health, riparian restoration, pollinator habitat enhancement, post-fire rehabilitation, biomass production, carbon sequestration, erosion reduction, wetland restoration, water quality improvement, low maintenance landscaping, and other benefits. Staff at the Bridger Plant Materials Center (PMC) assemble, test, and select superior plant populations for addressing specific natural resource conservation needs in Montana and Wyoming. They develop cultural techniques for the plants' successful establishment and use by land managers, producers, and landowners. After selections are proven, they are released to the private sector for commercial production. Most of the commercially available and cost-effective conservation plants in the United States were selected and released by the Plant Materials program. The work at Bridger PMC is carried out cooperatively with state and federal agencies, conservation districts, commercial businesses, and seed and nursery associations.

Plant Materials Policy, Procedures, Tools and Aids

  • Plant Materials Technical Notes, Final Study Reports, Brochures, and Publications
  • Plant Materials Forms
  • Field Plantings and Reports
  • Seed Collections
  • Bridger PMC-TV and Webinars
  • Montana Supplement to National Plant Materials Manual
    • Bridger PMC 2019 Needs Assessment (PDF; 149 KB)
    • Plant Variety Protection Act
    • Montana Noxious Weed Program
    • Wyoming Noxious Weed Program
    • Montana Foundation Seed Program
    • Montana Seed Growers Association
    • Wyoming Seed Certification Service
    • Montana Culturally Significant Plants
  • National Web sites
    • Plants & Animals
    • PLANTS Database
    • Plant Materials Program
    • Bridger Plant Materials Center
    • Publications from the Bridger PMC
    • National Plant Materials Manual

Plant Materials Resources in eFOTG

Plant Materials References (PDF; 39 KB)


Contact

Joe Scianna, Plant Materials Center Manager
Phone: 406-662-3579 x 101
Email: Joe Scianna

Monica Pokorny, Plant Materials Specialist
Phone: 406-587-6708
Email: Monica.Pokorny

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