[BSW] March 3 meeting + Misc.

[KATHY BILTON]

Date and time: 7 pm on Tuesday, March 3rd

Speaker: Steven Canty
Topic: The Awesome World of Mangroves
Location: VZ Conference Room (WG 33)
Ground Floor of the West Wing, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC.

Flyer for posting: http://botsoc.org/mar20.pdf

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant, 
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The 
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th 
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the 
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

Security access: If you do not hold a Smithsonian Institution issued 
security badge, please let the security guard know that you are here for 
the meeting. Otherwise, you can contact Paul Peterson (peterson at si.edu, 
202-633-0975 by 2 March 2020 to arrange a guest badge for you.

All are welcome to attend. There will be refreshments before and after the 
presentation.
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Message from Steve Lonker about proposed trip to the Eastern Himalayas
Biodiversity Hotspot of NE India:
http://botsoc.org/pipermail/bsw_botsoc.org/2020-January/000339.html

The clever glass box that reshaped the world
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51209050

40 times faster than humans: How dogs are tackling Japanese Knotweed on 
building sites
http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/innovation/40-times-faster-humans-how-dogs-are-tackling-japan

Oh, No, Not Knotweed!
https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/japanese-knotweed-invasive-plants.html