From kbilton at gmail.com Sun Mar 3 12:33:04 2024 From: kbilton at gmail.com (Kathy BILTON) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 13:33:04 -0500 Subject: [Botsocwash] Fwd: (BSW) Reminder - Meeting this Tuesday, March 5 + MISC. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our next meeting (hybrid) will be on Tuesday, March 5 at 7pm with Zoom "doors" opening by 6:45. Those planning to attend in person should enter the museum using the Constitution Avenue entrance and wait to be escorted up to VZ Conference Room (WG 33). Please arrive no later than 6:45. Mary McKenna will be there to greet you and then contact Rob Soreng so that he can arrange for someone from the Smithsonian to escort you upstairs. Mary is planning to get to the lobby at 6pm. The speaker will be Melissa McCormick, Senior Scientist, SI Environmental Research Center. https://serc.si.edu/staff/melissa-mccormick/mccormickm6122002 Her topic will be "Unveiling the Secrets of Why Orchids Grow Where They Do and What It Means for Their Conservation". Flyer: http://www.botsoc.org/mar24.pdf Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86118100862?pwd=akJraFhNZzg5TEJMSkhITlRHRmF3QT09 Meeting ID: 861 1810 0862 Passcode: 862175 ------------------------------------------ Tuesday, March 5 - 5pm - Landscapes of Exclusion: A Screening and Book Discussion https://www.nybg.org/event/landscapes-of-exclusion-a-screening-and-book-discussion/ Wednesday, March 13 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Policy & Practice of Stream Restoration with Rod Simmons [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/jefferson/events/the-policy-practice-of-stream-restoration-with-rod-simmons-via-zoom/ Thursday, March 21 and 28 - 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm VNPS 2024 Annual Workshop [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/events/vnps-2024-annual-workshop-zoom/ Saturday, March 23 - 37th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium https://www.eventbrite.com/e/37th-annual-lahr-native-plant-symposium-tickets-824423652337?aff=usna AIBS Calls on Duke University to Reconsider Decision to Close Herbarium https://www.aibs.org/news/2024/240221-duke-herbarium-closure.html Natives vs. ?Nativar? Plants: Do Pollinators Notice a Difference? https://wapo.st/3UTRENo Diving Palmyra Atoll: A photographic journey to one of the most isolated islands in the world https://fws.rev.vbrick.com/#/videos/bd2602eb-aa28-4813-9f39-2ac5669f566b I Discovered a Way to Identify the Millions of Species on Earth after a Lightbulb Moment in the Supermarket https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/i-discovered-a-way-to-identify-millions-of-species-on-earth-using-dna-barcoding-aoe Fairy Lanterns Have a New Family Member Discovered in Japan https://www.earth.com/news/fairy-lanterns-have-a-new-family-member-discovered-in-japan/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kbilton at gmail.com Sun Mar 3 12:37:23 2024 From: kbilton at gmail.com (Kathy BILTON) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 13:37:23 -0500 Subject: [Botsocwash] Fwd: (BSW) Reminder - Meeting this Tuesday, March 5 + MISC. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Our next meeting (hybrid) will be on Tuesday, March 5 at 7pm with Zoom "doors" opening by 6:45. Those planning to attend in person should enter the museum using the Constitution Avenue entrance and wait to be escorted up to VZ Conference Room (WG 33). Please arrive no later than 6:45. Mary McKenna will be there to greet you and then contact Rob Soreng so that he can arrange for someone from the Smithsonian to escort you upstairs. Mary is planning to get to the lobby at 6pm. The speaker will be Melissa McCormick, Senior Scientist, SI Environmental Research Center. https://serc.si.edu/staff/melissa-mccormick/mccormickm6122002 Her topic will be "Unveiling the Secrets of Why Orchids Grow Where They Do and What It Means for Their Conservation". Flyer: http://www.botsoc.org/mar24.pdf Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86118100862?pwd=akJraFhNZzg5TEJMSkhITlRHRmF3QT09 Meeting ID: 861 1810 0862 Passcode: 862175 ------------------------------------------ Spring Field Trips Four Saturday trips are planned. There will be two to Bear Island near Great Falls on March 30 and April 13; and on April 6, a trip to Turkey Run. Finally, and further afield, a trip to Ferry Hill near Sharpsburg on April 20. All trips are rain or shine. Trip information can be found here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html. Note: There is a possibility I will need to change th date for the Ferry Hill trip from Saturday, April 20 to Sunday, April 21 becuase of an upcoming family funeral. -------------------------------------------- Tuesday, March 5 - 5pm - Landscapes of Exclusion: A Screening and Book Discussion https://www.nybg.org/event/landscapes-of-exclusion-a-screening-and-book-discussion/ Wednesday, March 13 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Policy & Practice of Stream Restoration with Rod Simmons [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/jefferson/events/the-policy-practice-of-stream-restoration-with-rod-simmons-via-zoom/ Thursday, March 21 and 28 - 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm VNPS 2024 Annual Workshop [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/events/vnps-2024-annual-workshop-zoom/ Saturday, March 23 - 37th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium https://www.eventbrite.com/e/37th-annual-lahr-native-plant-symposium-tickets-824423652337?aff=usna AIBS Calls on Duke University to Reconsider Decision to Close Herbarium https://www.aibs.org/news/2024/240221-duke-herbarium-closure.html Natives vs. ?Nativar? Plants: Do Pollinators Notice a Difference? https://wapo.st/3UTRENo Diving Palmyra Atoll: A photographic journey to one of the most isolated islands in the world https://fws.rev.vbrick.com/#/videos/bd2602eb-aa28-4813-9f39-2ac5669f566b I Discovered a Way to Identify the Millions of Species on Earth after a Lightbulb Moment in the Supermarket https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/i-discovered-a-way-to-identify-millions-of-species-on-earth-using-dna-barcoding-aoe Fairy Lanterns Have a New Family Member Discovered in Japan https://www.earth.com/news/fairy-lanterns-have-a-new-family-member-discovered-in-japan/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Zoom info:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86118100862?pwd=akJraFhNZzg5TEJMSkhITlRHRmF3QT09 Meeting ID: 861 1810 0862 Passcode: 862175 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Field Trips Four Saturday trips are planned. There will be two to Bear Island near Great Falls on March 30 and April 13; and on April 6, a trip to Turkey Run. Finally, and further afield, a trip to Ferry Hill near Sharpsburg on April 20. All trips are rain or shine. Trip information can be found here:http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support the Maryland Invasive Plant Species Bill (HB979/SB915) http://botsoc.org/pipermail/botsocwash_botsoc.org/2024-February/000026.html Tuesday, March 12 - 9am EST Linnean Lens | Rudbeckian Remains (Wood Blocks and Botany) https://members.linnean.org/events/655f2b43605c87000899d322/description Kentucky Distillers Monitor Progress on Project Studying White Oaks https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-distillers-study-white-oak-trees-bourbon/60082941 Here are some pictures from today, March 5, 2024, along the C and O near milepost 69. The folder includes a short text file. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N8QHIHIygmpA4A7JlE-5wE1jUb0KwdK8?usp=sharing -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For those who are coming in person and wish to go, we're planning to return to the custom of having dinner with the speaker beforehand at the Elephant and Castle Pub and Restaurant, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. Time and other details will be provided in a future email. The speaker on April 2 will be Carlos Machado of the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland. Topic - TBA. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89813000998?pwd=UzhpcEpEUk4wdlp1T2c0aHVabXdqdz09 ----------------------------------------- Spring Field Trips Four Saturday trips are planned. There will be two to Bear Island near Great Falls on March 30 and April 13; and on April 6, a trip to Turkey Run. Finally, and further afield, a trip to Ferry Hill near Sharpsburg on April 20. All trips are rain or shine. Trip information can be found here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html. ----------------------------------------- Wednesday, March 13 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Policy & Practice of Stream Restoration with Rod Simmons [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/jefferson/events/the-policy-practice-of-stream-restoration-with-rod-simmons-via-zoom/ Thursday, March 21 and 28 - 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm VNPS 2024 Annual Workshop [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/events/vnps-2024-annual-workshop-zoom/ Saturday, March 23 - 37th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium https://www.eventbrite.com/e/37th-annual-lahr-native-plant-symposium-tickets-824423652337?aff=usna Please Support the Maryland Invasive Plant Species Bill (HB979/SB915) http://botsoc.org/pipermail/botsocwash_botsoc.org/2024-February/000026.html Rare Ancient Tree Discovery has Scientists ?Gobsmacked? https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/world/sanfordiacaulis-ancient-tree-fossils-discovery-scn/index.html 3 Eggs in the NCTC Eagle Nest https://www.outdoorchannel.com/live/eaglecam/326707/0 Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat https://phys.org/news/2024-03-invasive-hidden-ecological-threat.am -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There will be two to Bear Island near Great Falls on March 30 and April 13; and on April 6, a trip to Turkey Run. Finally, and further afield, a trip to Ferry Hill near Sharpsburg on April 20. All trips are rain or shine. Trip information can be found here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html. ------------------------------------------------------ For those who missed the most recent meeting, the recording of the March 5 presentation "Unveiling the Secrets of Why Orchids Grow Where They Do and What It Means for Their Conservation" is still available and will be until shortly before our next meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Wv-KbeBiWAZwGS3psFYW1K9AJqvyQugS3w3R64EkwAQhMo2GtmfVR1XuzZEUvwq9.vNjrYeRr4I7hsb4a Passcode: 3P34uk&r (About 24 minutes in, subtitles will appear for some reason. To turn them off, click on the CC in the lower right corner.) ------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, March 21 and 28 - 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm VNPS 2024 Annual Workshop [via Zoom] https://vnps.org/events/vnps-2024-annual-workshop-zoom/ Saturday, March 23 - 37th Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium https://www.eventbrite.com/e/37th-annual-lahr-native-plant-symposium-tickets-824423652337?aff=usna Tuesday, March 26 - 7pm - Managing Microstegium by Art Gover and Luke Flory https://mdflora.org/event-5450041 Saturday, April 13 - 9am-3pm - Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Spring Native Plant Sale https://vnps.org/piedmont/events/loudoun-wildlife-conservancy-spring-native-plant-sale/ Saturday, May 11 - 10am-5pm - 9th Annual Mountain Maryland Native Plant Festival https://mdflora.org/event-5570416 ------------------------------------------------------- The Flora of Virginia App: an Essential Tool for Maryland Plant Lovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iDOWYgBs4 The Hidden Value of Herbariums https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/18/the-hidden-value-of-herbariums Please Support the Maryland Invasive Plant Species Bill (HB979/SB915) http://botsoc.org/pipermail/botsocwash_botsoc.org/2024-February/000026.html National Park Service Terminates Philanthropic Partnership Agreement with Georgetown Heritage https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/national-park-service-ends-agreement-with-georgetown-heritage/65-f1a29094-a097-463c-978f-b51eb6c9a20d Selby Gardens? New Research Center Provides an Inside Peek at the World of Tropical Botany https://www.mysuncoast.com/2024/03/19/selby-gardens-new-research-center-provides-an-inside-peek-world-tropical-botany/ Hidden giants: how the UK?s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/16/hidden-giants-how-the-uks-500000-redwoods-put-california-in-the-shade DC Cherry Blossoms: Stumpy to Live on in Spirit as Tidal Basin Project Nears https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-cherry-blossoms-stumpy-to-live-on-in-spirit- as-tidal-basin-project-nears.amp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Phone 202-347-7707. Time and other details will be provided in a future email. ------------------------ Field trip info is here: http://botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html ------------------------ Opinion piece in the Post about the need for herbariums. Scientists Depend on These for Research. Let?s Preserve Them. https://wapo.st/4cpWQ28 Late Smithsonian Botanist?s Legacy Continues to Blossom https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2024/03/19/old-plant-specimen-gets-a-new-name-to-ensure-late-smithsonian-botanist-gets-her-flowers/ MoBot Scientist is the World?s Top Female Botanist Naming Plants Today https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-02-13/mobot-scientist-is-the-worlds-top-female-botanist-naming-plants-today UW-Madison Botany Professor is Breaking New Ground in the Science of Space Gardening https://madison.com/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-space-plants-simon-gilroy-botany-uw-madison/article_0cc99158-c535-11ee-94dd-d3b9915d0659.html -------------------------- Archive of previous emails: http://botsoc.org/pipermail/botsocwash_botsoc.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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