[NHCOLL-L:471] Jepson Herbarium 50th

[Richard Moe]

Jepson Herbarium 50th Anniversary Celebration and Scientific Symposium: 

Discovery, Communication, and Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in California 

June 16-18, 2000 

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Jepson Herbarium we are sponsoring 
a symposium: Discovery, Communication, and Conservation of Plant 
Biodiversity in California.  We have invited a broad spectrum of experts to 
discuss the needs and means to refine and expand our knowledge of plant 
diversity, and to communicate information about the California flora among 
biological consultants, government agency planners, conservation 
biologists, academic researchers, private land owners, and the general 
public.  Topics will include the roles of field exploration and systematics 
for discovery of new biodiversity, the synthesis and distribution of 
floristic information, and identification of current challenges in 
conservation of the California flora.  Nationwide integration of biologists, 
their ideas and research is of immediate importance in our current 
environment of changing landscapes and increasing urban development 
and resource use. 

Please join us for this gala weekend celebration June 16 - 18 , 2000. The 
weekend program will include an open house at the herbarium, scientific 
symposium, 50th Anniversary banquet and botanical field trips. 

Presentors Include: 
Bruce G. Baldwin, UC Berkeley; Theodore M. Barkley, Botanical Research 
Institute of Texas; Richard Beidleman, UC Berkeley; Ken Berg, United States 
Fish & Wildlife Service; Roy Buck, EcoSystems West Consulting Group; David 
Charlet, Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas; Ann Dennis, 
CalFlora Project; Steve Edwards, Tilden Regional Park; Barbara Ertter, UC
Berkeley; 
Phyllis M. Faber, UC Press; Ronald L. Hartman, University of Wyoming;
Christopher 
Meacham, UC Berkeley; Jodi McGraw, UC Berkeley; Brent D. Mishler, UC 
Berkeley; Richard L. Moe, UC Berkeley; Sandra Morey, California Department 
of Fish and Game; Pamela C. Muick, Solano Farmlands & Open Space Foundation; 
Robert Ornduff, UC Berkeley; Bruce Pavlik, Mills College; J. Mark Porter,
Rancho 
Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Emily Brin Roberson, California Native Plant Society;

James R. Shevock, National Park Service, Pacific West Region; Scott Sundberg, 
Oregon State University; John W. Taylor, UC Berkeley 


For more information contact Betsy Ringrose or Staci Markos at the Jepson 
Herbarium (510) 643-7008, email ringrose at uclink4.berkeley.edu or 
smarkos at socrates.berkeley.edu