Last month, the Conservation team travelled to Asheville, NC to attend the Natural Areas Conference: Where Science Meets Stewardship! 馃尶 While there, they learned along with conservation practitioners from around the country about how to care for our wild places and species. They also shared their research on advancing management practices to prevent plant extinctions of the Venus flytrap and Schweinitz鈥檚 sunflower as well as their work in plant materials development and stewardship, an effort that restores biodiversity locally and across the Southeastern US. They even squeezed in a field trip to some of NC鈥檚 best botanical sites! Special thanks to our funders and partners for helping make this happen: @allenphilanthropies, @friendsofplantconservation, @nsfgov, @usfws, NC Plant Conservation Program, @u.s.forestservice, @segrassland, and many more. 馃
