Using Seasonal High Tunnels to grow native plant materials as a high value crop in Beaver Lake Watershed

This project will develop and document a scenario for the use of Seasonal High Tunnels (Practice 325) for propagation of local genotype native plant material (NPM). The Beaver Watershed Alliance will Identify and establish local genotype for NPM production with twenty producers in the Beaver Lake Watershed using plant-related NRCS practices. There will be benefits such as establishing and support development of environmental restoration and retail markets as an economically viable model for routine use of local genotype NPM to improve soils, protect water quality, improve air quality, improve energy conservation and related resources both on agricultural and non-industrial private forested lands as well as in developing urban and suburban areas throughout Northwest Arkansas.