SePPCon 2024: Conservation Tools and Programs Drones for natural resource management, research, and restoration planning Susan Cohen, Peggy Mullin*, Troy Walton, Andrew Zachman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Drone Lab Remotely sensed data can inform natural resource management, help address challenges around ecosystem services, and assist in planning for future resilience. […]
Dennis Whigham and Julianne McGuinness, North American Orchid Conservation Center The North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) was developed by the Smithsonian and the U.S. Botanic Garden to conserve the diversity of native orchids in the U.S. and Canada. NAOCC ecologically-based conservation model has three guiding principles: Preservation through seed and fungal banks, Propagation, Education. NAOCC […]
David Remucal, University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum We have been struggling with a propagation database. This has been of particular interest as our orchid conservation program has grown, we have needed a way to track individual maternal sources or populations from seed to potted plant as they go through different treatments and use different media. […]