The ASPT Environmental and Public Policy Committee invites applications for the 2019 ASPT Public Policy Award.
ASPT Public Policy Award
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Propose a workshop at Botany 2019, Tucson!
Conference organizers for Botany 2019 (Tucson, AZ) are accepting proposals for workshops until December 29th, 2018.
https://mailchi.mp/botany.org/submit-a-workshop-for-botany-1522837
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Survey: Symbiota Use
Survey to learn more about how people use Symbiota. If you use or manage data in a Symbiota supported portal, or are otherwise involved in management of a Symbiota portal, please consider completing our brief survey regarding how you use Symbiota at the link below.
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Curatorial Intern - Polly Hill Arboretum
The Polly Hill Arboretum on the island of Martha’s Vineyard is seeking applicants eager to gain experience in the curation and management of living collections.
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Botany Field Team Lead - Great Basin Institute
In cooperation with the National Park Service and Capitol Reef National Park, the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Botany Field Team Lead to join our AmeriCorps program. The Botany Field Team Lead will support the Capitol Reef National Park Division of Resource Management & Science and serve as a member of the rare plant monitoring crew assisting resource staff with surveys and demographic monitoring of three federally listed plant species.
Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/botany-field-team-lead-great-basin-institute
Obituary: Dr. Hugh D. Wilson, TAMU
Dr. Hugh Daniel Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Biology and former Curator of the TAMU Herbarium at Texas A&M University, died November 5, 2018.
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Plant Biologist, Oklahoma State
The Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2019. The ideal candidate will address fundamental questions in biology with research interests in plant secondary metabolism (broadly defined), including specialties such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and/or ethnobotany of plant secondary metabolites, or other related fields. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/tenure-track-assistant-professor-plant-biologist-oklahoma-state
Ecological Restoration Specialist - Great Basin Institute
The Great Basin Institute is recruiting an Ecological Restoration Specialist to provide assistance with habitat restoration and monitoring at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in southern Nevada.
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Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship-Boise State Un.
Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship in genomics applied to determine sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) adaptations to arid environments, Boise State University, Idaho, USA
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Flora of the Pacific Northwest just released
Fully revised and updated version of the 1973 edition by C. L. Hitchcock and Art Cronquist. Over 1000 new taxa and updated taxonomy and nomenclature. The first updated Flora for most taxa in the region in over 50 years.
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