Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center

Updated 11/19/2009

Galliano, Louisiana

Established 1989

Louisiana is losing about 25 square miles of coastal wetlands to erosion every year. The Golden Meadow Plant Materials Center in Galliano, Louisiana develops plants and procedures to reverse this loss of coastal wetlands in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. The Center has released several improved conservation plants including 'Pelican’ black mangrove, ‘Vermillion’ smooth cordgrass, 'Gulf Coast' marshhay cordgrass, Brazoria Germplasm seashore paspalum, Timbalier Germplasm seacoast bluestem, Bayou Lafourche Germplasm California bulrush, 'Fort Polk' vetivergrass and Caminada Germplasm seaoats. The Center has published release brochures and planting guides on establishing these coastal plants.

Special Features

• How We're Helping To Protect Those Coastal Sand Dunes
• Rebuilding New Orleans and Southern Louisiana Could be Risky
• Coastal Restoration and Protection Resources

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

The following documents require Acrobat Reader

Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 177 KB) Garret Thomassie. 2008. GMPMC, Galliano LA. 4/03/08. 6p. (ID# 8245)

PMC Annual Technical Report. (PDF; 857kb) Garret Thomassie. 2009. Golden Meadow PMC, Galliano, LA. September 2009. 57p. (ID# 9052)

LAPMC Newletter. (PDF; 203 KB) Richard Neill. 2008. Galliano, LA. 4/03/08. 4p. (ID# 8246)

Contact

438 Airport Rd.
Galliano, LA 70354

Telephone: 985.475.5280
FAX: 985.475.6545
Email: Richard.Neill@la.usda.gov

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