Welcome to CPC: New Network Partner
The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is thrilled to welcome the National Park Service to our network of Conservation Partners. Now 75 members strong, the CPC network brings together plant conservationists from world-class institutions across the globe and is grounded in the spirit of collaboration and scientific innovation to save imperiled plants from extinction.
National Park Service
Network Partner | Fort Collins, Colorado
The Landscape Restoration & Adaptation Branch (LRAB) of the Biological Resources Division of the National Park Service (NPS) is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Its mission is to support landscape restoration and adaptation by providing the policy, tools, and technical assistance necessary for national parks to restore disrupted ecological processes and degraded landscapes, improving ecosystem response. LRAB helps over 400 national park units to conserve and preserve resources and restore and maintain healthy ecosystems by caring for the plants, animals, and landscapes within their boundaries. Throughout any given year, NPS plans and implements hundreds of plant conservation actions, including surveying, monitoring, seed collection, propagation, and restoration. In partnership with CPC and its network of botanical institutions, NPS aspires to streamline the process for conducting rare plant conservation actions on its lands to better ensure the survival of these imperiled species.