[BSW] April 30: Living Books - May 4: BSW meeting + MISC.

[KATHY BILTON]

Friday, April 30 - 9am - International Colloquium: “Artialize” Nature, 
Naturalize Art: When Plants and Other Creatures Become Living Books (Yale 
Department of French)
https://french.yale.edu/event/colloquium-herbaria

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Tuesday, May 4 -7pm Eastern - Next BSW meeting
Dr. Ivalú Cacho of the National Autonomous University of Mexico will speak 
on the topic of “Speciation in action? Biogeography, ecology and evolution 
in a Caribbean slipper spurge”.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87402861208?pwd=eEtMUTVHRkM1bEJHTXphUkhEbUhFQT09
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New bill in Maryland awaiting the governor's signature,
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0322

Prohibiting a certain restriction on use from imposing unreasonable 
limitations on low-impact landscaping such as rain gardens, pollinator 
gardens, and xeriscaping; requiring the property owner to regularly 
maintain landscaping; providing that "unreasonable limitations" includes 
items that increase the cost and efficiency of the low-impact program; 
providing that the Act may not be construed to prohibit a certain 
restriction on use from including certain reasonable guidelines; etc.
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We’re in a biodiversity crisis. What we plant and how we alter landscapes 
matter
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/19/were-in-a-climate-emergency-and-a-biodiversity-crisis-what-we-plant-and-how-we-alter-landscapes-matters.html
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The Secret Mission to Unearth Part of a 142-Year-Old Botanical Experiment
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989333092/the-secret-mission-to-unearth-part-of-a-142-year-old-experiment
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The Botanist Who Defied Stalin
http://m.nautil.us/issue/99/universality/the-botanist-who-defied-stalin
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A fine soft day for surveying moss and liverworts
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00813-6

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Monday, May 17, 7PM-8PM EDT
Join BSW member Steve Lonker on Zoom on Monday, May 17, 7PM-8PM EDT, for 
an Audubon Naturalist Society Naturalist Hour on an exotic journey to the 
Western Tien Shan, home to exceptionally rich biodiversity, and 
overflowing with endemic and globally rare species. With spectacular 
mountains, deep gorges, steppes and deserts, the Western Tien Shan is the 
place where many edible plants and cultivars evolved including almonds, 
apples, apricots, irises, pears, pistachios, plums, tulips, and walnuts. 
Its global importance as a future gene resource for producing disease- and 
pest-resistance in our food crops is recognized through its designation as 
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Registration fee goes to help this great 
organization. 
https://campscui.active.com/orgs/AudubonNaturalistSociety#/selectSessions/2917731/filter/types=1381008