Louisiana Native Plant Initiative

The Louisiana Native Plant Initiative is a cooperative effort to help conserve a vanishing natural resource in Louisiana--native plants.  Public and private land managers around the state have a growing interest to use locally adapted native plant materials for restoration, conservation, and re-vegetation projects.  Working groups within the initiative will identify resource areas, develop species lists for seed collections, establish seed increase sites, develop relationships to promote commercial production of native plants, and develop partnerships to establish future funding needs.

Memorandums of Understanding have been signed to establish partnerships among the Coastal Plain Conservancy, McNeese State University, USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Nicholls State University, Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Last Modified: 05/14/2008