Feature: NRCS Plant Materials Centers Awarded Special Recognition

The Department of Interior, National Park Service awarded fourteen NRCS Plant Materials Centers from around the nation, the Special Recognition Award in recognition to the NPS/NRCS Interagency Plant Materials Program and assistance to National Parks.

The award was presented on an engraved oak plaque and stated, “In recognition of your dedication and contribution to the NPS/NRCS Interagency Plant Materials Program and assistance to the (names of National Parks specific to each Center). The native plant revegetation technical assistance, technology development, seed and plant propagation provided through this program has allowed the National Park Service to meet many native revegetation challenges.” 

• Tucson Plant Materials Center, Tucson, AZ
• Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA
• Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center, Meeker, CO
• Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID
• National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD
• Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, Rose Lake, MI
• Bridger Plant Materials Center, Bridger, MT
• Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND

• Los Lunas Plant Materials Center, Los Lunas, NM
• Cape May Plant Materials Center, Cape May, NJ
• Big Flats Plant Materials Center, Big Flats, NY
• Great Basin Plant Materials Center, Fallon, NV
• Corvallis Plant Materials Center, Corvallis, OR
• Knox City Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX
• Appalachian Plant Materials Center, Alderson, WV

NRCS Chief Lancaster presents the
National Park Service
Special Recognition Award to
Wayne Duckwitz, Manager of the
Bismarck PMC
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Photo Credit: Arlene Deutscher

Chief Lancaster presented the Special Recognition Award to the Bismarck Plant Materials Center following a tour of Center and Lincoln-Oakes Nursery.  Read more about it at NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster Visits the Bismarck Plant Materials Center.