FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, OCT. 15, 2012
Rob Evans, plant ecologist
NCDA&CS Plant Industry Division
N.C. Plant Conservation Board will hold quarterly meeting Oct. 17
|| The N.C. Plant Conservation Board will hold its quarterly meeting to review Plant Conservation Program activities throughout North Carolina.
9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17
216 W. Jones St., Raleigh
|| 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 these species. 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.