[BSW] Coming events and other botanical news

Kathy Bilton kathy at fred.net
Fri Mar 3 07:23:54 PST 2017


The next Botanical Society of Washington meeting is coming up next 
Tuesday, March 7 at 7pm.  Steven Lonker will be speaking about: The 
Persian Garden: 2,500 Years of Producing Earthly Paradie in Extreme 
Climate Through Innovations in Sustainable Landscape Design Location and 
dinner detais are on the webpage:
http://botsoc.org

Flier for posting: http://botsoc.org/mar17.pdf

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See Alice T. and Larry D.....

Dead plants’ evolutionary secrets might save the planet, or at least take 
its pulse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/dead-plants-evolutionary-secrets-might-save-the-planet-or-at-least-take-its-pulse/2017/02/28/2c86a84e-f938-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?utm_term=.3bfb0fcccd72

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This is how you photograph a million dead plants without losing your mind
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/02/08/this-is-how-you-photograph-a-million-dead-plants-without-losing-your-mind/?utm_term=.daec85b9a87c

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Wednesday, March 8 at 6:30pm at the USBG
Lecture: The Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership
Free, but pre-registration is required
Speaker:Jennifer M. Cruse-Sanders, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Global pollinator populations are in decline for many reasons including 
habitat loss and overuse of pesticides. The Greater Atlanta Pollinator 
Partnership (GAPP) was initiated in 2009 due to the housing boom of the 
1990s and early 2000s. Over a 20 year period, approximately 162,000 ha of 
pollinator-friendly native green space/ tree canopy were lost with an 
increase of 81,000 ha of impervious surface. Join Jennifer as she 
discusses the goals of the GAPP, including encouraging restoration, 
development, and registration of pollinator habitat at an ecologically 
significant landscape scale, restoring pollinator-friendly habitat, and 
educating the public through formal and informal programs.

https://www.usbg.gov/events/2017/02/17/lecture-greater-atlanta-pollinator-partnership

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BOTANICAL SCIENCES BILL TO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY & SUSTAINABILITY OF 
AMERICA’S ECOSYSTEMS

Bipartisan support for this bill, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who 
co-introduced the bill with U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05)

https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/quigley-introduces-botanical-sciences-bill-support-biodiversity

The Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration 
and Promotion Act aims to increase the botanical science capacity of the 
federal government.  It allows federal agencies to act with the expertise 
required to preserve unique American landscapes and emphasizes the 
importance of protecting native plants and plant ecosystems.

Additionally, the bill:

Creates a new program of botanical science research within the Department 
of the Interior to help increase federal botanic expertise and allows DOI 
to hire new, additional personnel

Creates a student loan repayment program for botanical scientists to 
encourage more students to make the decision to enter the field and to 
support them once they’ve graduated

Declares a federal policy that the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, 
and Defense preference the use of locally-adapted native plant materials 
in their land management activities

Requires states to utilize native plant species where possible and 
practical

Establishes a new program to support collaborative grants to prevent rare 
plant species from becoming endangered and to remediate already endangered 
populations


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