From kathy at fred.net  Sun Jan  5 16:29:59 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 17:29:59 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Reminder - Tuesday at 7pm - Alan Whittemore will be the
 speaker
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001051723490.52252@shell.xecu.net>

uesday at 7pm Alan Whittemore will be speaking about:

Coffee, leaf rust and plant collecting: The rise, fall and resurgence of a 
popular crop.

Details about pre-meeting dinner, etc. can be found on the website: 
http://botsoc.org





From kathy at fred.net  Tue Jan  7 16:36:57 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 17:36:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] FW: Message from the Office of Emergency Management: Change
 in Federal Status for the Washington, D.C. Area on Tuesday, January 7, 2020,
 due to Winter Weather (fwd)
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001071735150.74813@shell.xecu.net>

The meeting haen cancelled. See below. i just saw Rob's email this minute.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:42:39 +0000
From: "Soreng, Robert" <SORENGR at si.edu>
To: "Kathy Bilton (kathy at fred.net)" <kathy at fred.net>
Cc: Alan Whittemore <atwhittemore at gmail.com>
Subject: FW: Message from the Office of Emergency Management:  Change in Federal
      Status for the Washington, D.C. Area on Tuesday, January 7, 2020,
     due to Winter Weather


Hi Kathy, please put out an message that the meeting
tonight is cancelled due to government offices closing?
for snow.

Thanks,

Rob

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Robert Soreng PhD, Research Associate

Dept. of Botany - US National Herbarium (US)

National Museum of Natural History

NHB MRC-166

Smithsonian Institution

Washington DC 20013-7012

202-633-0981? sorengr at si.edu

http://tropicos.org/Project/CNWG

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/research/g
rass-research

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From: Mayo, Michelle <MAYOM at si.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 11:24 AM
To: Mayo, Michelle <MAYOM at si.edu>
Subject: FW: Message from the Office of Emergency
Management: Change in Federal Status for the Washington,
D.C. Area on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, due to Winter
Weather
Importance: High

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Good morning,

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Please see early dismissal message below--All employees
must depart no later than 1:00 pm TODAY, except for
emergency/essential employees, due to inclement weather.

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Thanks,

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Michelle

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Michelle Mayo

Human Resources Manager/Business Partner

Office of the Associate Director for Operations

w 202.633.1868? |? f 202.312.1903 ?mayom at si.edu

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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From kathy at fred.net  Fri Jan 17 16:54:14 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:54:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Febrary 4 - Trapa bispinosa,
 a New Species of Water Chestnut in the Potomac River Watershed
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001171740170.42467@shell.xecu.net>


Note: Alan Whittemore will be giving the presentation that was snowed out 
in January at the April 7 meeting:

    "Coffee, leaf rust and plant collecting:
    The rise, fall and resurgence of a popular crop." 
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The next meeting will be on February 4.

Speaker: Dr. Nancy Rybicki, Affiliate Professor, George Mason University

Topic: Early Detection and Eradication Program Needed for Trapa bispinosa, 
a New Species of Water Chestnut in the Potomac River Watershed

Date and time: 7pm on Tuesday, January 4th

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/feb20.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.

All are welcome to attend. There will be refreshments before and after the 
presentation.


From kathy at fred.net  Wed Jan 22 10:30:24 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:30:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Proposed natural history tour to the Eastern Himalayas
 Biodiversity Hotspot of NE India, April 15-29, 2021
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001221126370.16087@shell.xecu.net>

Steve Lonker (lonkers at si.edu) asked that I send this to the BSW mailing 
list. The tour looks fantastic!


Several BSW members have expressed an interest in a natural history
expedition to the Eastern Himalayas Biodiversity Hotspot in the northeastern
Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, one of the most biologically
diverse and remote areas in the world. Roads, small homestays and tented
accommodations now make it possible to explore the flora and fauna. Given
the amount of interest in this trip, I put together the attached proposal
for an April 15-29, 2021 natural history tour for eight people (including
myself) under the guidance of Alister Adhikari, owner of Nature Himalaya
Tours and botanist, and Jintu Tamuly, specialist in birds, mammals and
butterflies. This would be my third trip to the region with Nature Himalaya
Tours. The tour itinerary is rooted in our April 21-May 3, 2019, expedition
to the region along with several decades of accumulated experience by the
guides. The trip follows roads and trails that are easy/flat to moderately
strenuous with steeper ascents/descents. There is no rock or ice climbing,
no trekking or backpacking, and no traversing deep chasms on flimsy rope
bridges. Participants, however, should be in reasonable physical fitness and
people in their late 70s were on previous trips. We gradually acclimatize to
the altitude, up to 13,700 ft. at the Sela Pass.

Because no third party travel companies or organizations are involved, we
are able to reduce the cost by 300-500%. The cost is INR 1,17,673 apiece
(USD $1652.43) which covers all meals and accommodation, all transfers using
three SUV's, entry fees at monuments and national parks mentioned in the
program, two dedicated guides for flora and fauna, and permits. The single
room supplement is INR 15,118 (USD $212.30). There is additional cost for a
room, airport-hotel transfer, and packed breakfast at the Holiday Inn
Express New Delhi International Airport T3 of INR 8,400 (USD $117.96) for
single queen-sized bed or INR 10,000 ($140.43) for shared twin beds.
International and domestic flights are extra. I am making no money out of
this trip and am not asking for anything.

Please take a look at the itinerary, cost sheet and fauna and flora lists in
the Google drive links. Email Steve Lonker at lonkers at si.edu if you are
interested. The trip is not affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution,
Botanical Society of Washington, or any other organization.

docx

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IfdB7hxQ899R3OvWC3WfdMbX8EL2wjnp

pdf

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1niauyOlQww5bL0AddQ8ZlaXsXe-hkeZU

Steve Lonker


From kathy at fred.net  Sat Jan 25 16:07:57 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 17:07:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Next meeting + WaPo article on Chesapeake region polluted and
 damaged streams + Info on trip to Himalayas
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001251657090.16087@shell.xecu.net>

Next meeting: Tuesday February 4 at 7pm
Speaker: Dr. Nancy Rybicki, Affiliate Professor, George Mason University
Topic: Early Detection and Eradication Program Needed for Trapa bispinosa, 
a New Species of Water Chestnut in the Potomac River Watershed

Flier: http://botsoc.org/feb20.pdf

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Polluted, damaged streams in Chesapeake region at center of debate
over cleanup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-news/polluted-damaged-streams-in-chesapeake-region-at-center-of-debate-over-cleanup/2020/01/25/d882053c-33f8-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

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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


From kathy at fred.net  Wed Jan 29 23:51:21 2020
From: kathy at fred.net (KATHY BILTON)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:51:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [BSW] Alice in the Post: Botanical illustration is becoming
 endangered
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2001300049351.89869@shell.xecu.net>

Via Pat Ford:

Botanical illustration is becoming endangered, but the job is essential -

She doesn?t spend much time with this vista; as the Smithsonian?s botanical
illustrator, her gaze is on plants, dried specimens of dead plants, up
close, and closer, under a microscope.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/botanical-illustration-is-becoming-endangered-but-the-job-is-essential/2020/01/28/24636724-3dff-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html