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Saving Land to Save Plants in a World of Change

For over a hundred years, entities in New England have been working to conserve land in order to con...

Recently pulled up bunch of prairie turnips, dark bulbs attached to light green leafy stems.
Changing Relationships to Keep Traditions with the Sioux

When we discuss climate change and its impacts on plants, we often think of heat, cold, and changes ...

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Conservation Champion | Suzzanne Chapman

Our Conservation Champion, Suzzanne Chapman spent many of her working years dedicated to saving plan...

Image of wildfire over the top of a ridge.
Advocacy Initiatives: Climate Change Position Paper | Center for Plant Conservation

At the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), advocacy is an important tool in our efforts to save rar...

Image of Hoosier Pass ipomopsis (Ipomopsis globularis) in its alpine habitat.
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Alpine Ecosystems

Alpine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Learn how the Denver Botanic Garden...

Yucca brevifolia Graveyard
Conservation Highlights: UN Climate Change Conference

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is currently underway in Glasgow, Scotl...

Prairie Sunset
October News 2021

In this issue of Save Plants, we share a glimpse of the breadth of the CPC network community, from s...

Several pots of sprawling Na'ena'e plants on nursery benches.
Seed Banking in Hawai’i through Changes and Challenges | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Since its founding by Alvin Yoshinaga in the early 1990s, the Seed Conservation Lab at Lyon Arboretu...

Image of Lauritzen Gardens Visitor and Education Center and the Marjorie K. Daugherty Conservatory
The Conservation Garden of the Great Plains | Lauritzen Gardens

Lauritzen Gardens is a one hundred-acre urban oasis located just minutes from downtown Omaha, Nebras...

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Highlights from the CPC Network and Field of Plant Conservation

The Synthesis Center for Conservation and Restoration (sCORE) is a hub for data synthesis and collab...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Strengthening Connections Between Community and Conservation

The Center for Plant Conservation is, at its core, a community. By bringing together plant conservat...

A close-framed selfie of Patricia De Angelis.
Conservation Champion | Patricia De Angelis

Our Conservation Champion, Patricia de Angelis, embodies the ethic of building community. For more t...

Image of Passiflora foetida in bloom.
September News 2021

One of the challenges plant conservationists face is helping people recognize their connection to ...

Image of UCDAPG interns planting trees. Photo courtesy of UC Davis.
Tag Teaming for Climate Change and Urban Forest Outreach

We all enjoy the color and structure of trees, the shade they offer, and the atmosphere they create....

Image of Passiflora foetida in bloom.
Ethnobotanical Programming at the San Antonio Botanical Garden

Ethnobotany – the study of the relationship between people and plants – isn’t a common term an...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Outreach and education are crucial components of plant conservation. Without these important efforts...

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Conservation Champion: Dr. Lucy Commander, Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc.

Our September Conservation Champion, Dr. Lucy Commander, is known for her outstanding research on se...

Image of Harvey's Lake at Naples Botanical Garden
Naples Botanical Garden Tackles Water Pollution Through Community Education

Of all the things you might experience at a botanical garden, you’d hardly think “stormwater man...

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