Monarch Butterfly

The James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center began in San Antonio, Texas in 1935 as the San Antonio Nursery. The nursery was later moved to Spur and then to its present home in Knox City

NRCS is working with agricultural producers to combat the decline of monarch butterflies by planting milkweed and other nectar-rich plants on private lands.

The East Texas Plant Materials Center (ETPMC) was established in 1982 as a joint venture of the Deep East and Northeast Texas Association of Conservation Districts and the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F

The Plant Materials Center (STPMC) in Kingsville, Texas was initiated through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M-Kingsville, the South Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and the Soil Conservation Service.

NRCS provides assistance to design, layout and install conservation practices that fit both the resource needs and the producer's objectives for the land.