ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT supports the DUKE Herbarium

As a society, we are standing with The Duke Herbarium and request that Duke University reconsider the decision to divest their herbarium. We ask that you also consider adding your support by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/urge-duke-university-to-reconsider-closing-their-herbarium) organized by AIBS, iDigBio, NSCA, and SPNHC with the support of ASPT, ABLS, BSA, and SHC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT Statement on Ukraine

OPPORTUNITY

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AmeriCorps: Invasive Plants Survey Technician (USFS Humboldt-Toiyabe)

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An AmeriCorps position to start a career in botany as you learn monitoring methods and participate in range and ecology vegetation surveying.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2023/americorps-invasive-plants-survey-technician-usfs-humboldt-toiyabe
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Senior Conservation Horticulturist

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Responsible for curating the ex situ conservation collections of rare and endangered plants and ensuring the greenhouse and external staging beds’ physical structures and systems operate efficiently and effectively.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2023/senior-conservation-horticulturist
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Herbarium Data Analyst/Coordinator

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The California Herbarium Specimen Digitization Project will make hundreds of thousands of specimens from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) herbarium collections available online. This project combines the efficiency of high throughput specimen imaging using conveyor belt technology to image California herbarium specimens housed at CAS.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2023/herbarium-data-analystcoordinator