[Botsocwash] Fwd: (BSW) Reminder - Meeting this Tuesday, March 5 + MISC.

[Kathy BILTON]

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
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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.
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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/
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