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Source: NCDA&CS, 6/17/13
The N.C. Plant Conservation Scientific Committee, an advisory group for the N.C. Plant Conservation Program, will meet to hear and discuss program updates.
9 a.m., Thursday, June 27
N.C. Botanical Gardens
100 Old Mason Farm Road,Chapel Hill
The N.C. Plant Conservation Program develops regulations, voluntary programs and cooperative partnerships to help protect imperiled species and their habitats. The program’s responsibilities include the listing of North Carolina's endangered and threatened plant species and the development of conservation programs designed to permanently protect them. The program uses a host of methods and procedures to perpetuate native plants and their ecosystems, including the acquisition and management of important plant sites and habitats.
Contact Nancy Stewart at 919-707-3755 or by email at nancy.stewart@ncagr.gov for more details on agenda items.
Plant Industry Division hotline at 1-800-206-9333 or by email at newpest@ncagr.gov. The pest can affect any of the four types of ash trees grown in the state.
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