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<\/a><\/p>\nHave some spare time on your hands?<\/p>\n
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- Help a botanic garden maintain space for plant propagation, for example at the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens<\/a> in Texas, Lotusland<\/a> in California, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, or the Bok Tower Gardens<\/a> in Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Become a preserve steward to monitor the remaining wild habitat of certain species- the Friends of Plant Conservation<\/a> in North Carolina have one program and the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance<\/a> has other opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Keeping an eye for plant species while you do other things outside?<\/p>\n
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- The MA Dept. of Energy and Environmental Affairs wants to hear about any rare plants you find<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/a> wants you to watch for invasives and could use your help collecting seeds of specific plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Have a little land of your own to work with?<\/p>\n
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- Both Lotusland and the Center for Plant Conservation<\/a> have suggestions for gardening practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Consider using native plants in your gardens- you can get ideas from the US Botanic Garden\u2019s Landscape for Life<\/a> program, Missouri\u2019s Grow Native!<\/a> program for prairie plants, and Grow Native Massachusetts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Whether you have time or space or both, you can make a contribution to plant conservation. Consider volunteering or gardening or just paying attention to the species you see in the wild. Sometimes, unless they are flowering or fruiting or grabbing at us with thorns, we don\u2019t always notice each of the plant species around us, but each one is an important part of its ecosystem- we can all play a role in making sure that they continue to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although some plant species are doing very well around the world (sometimes to the point of becoming invasive), other species are losing ground. In some cases there are focused recovery plans, but oftentimes the issue of habitat loss trumps our best efforts to sustain these populations. So how can we contribute to both habitat availability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[121,39],"tags":[20,11,69,94,153,74],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habitat-loss-and-fragmentation","category-plant-communities","tag-conservation","tag-get-involved","tag-habitat-loss","tag-invasive-species-2","tag-plants","tag-restoration-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Consider using native plants in your gardens- you can get ideas from the US Botanic Garden\u2019s Landscape for Life<\/a> program, Missouri\u2019s Grow Native!<\/a> program for prairie plants, and Grow Native Massachusetts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Both Lotusland and the Center for Plant Conservation<\/a> have suggestions for gardening practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/a> wants you to watch for invasives and could use your help collecting seeds of specific plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The MA Dept. of Energy and Environmental Affairs wants to hear about any rare plants you find<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Become a preserve steward to monitor the remaining wild habitat of certain species- the Friends of Plant Conservation<\/a> in North Carolina have one program and the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance<\/a> has other opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n