BOTANY BC 2012 – Manning Park

BOTANY BC 2012 will take place from Thursday July 26th to Sunday July 29th 2012 in Manning Park.

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BOTANY BC is an annual meeting of botanists and plant enthusiasts of British Columbia and is open to anyone interested in plants. Although BOTANY BC meetings are focused to British Columbia, we welcome all the plant enthusiasts from the neighbouring provinces/states, and from elsewhere in the world.

Summary Program (eff Jan. 24/12)

Thursday, July 26/12 evening

• Ice breaker social and picture show by Ron Long

Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28/12

Daytime:

• Field trips to the botanical highlights of Manning Park

Evenings: Speakers/Events

• James Miskelly (Consultant and naturalist) - 'The Cascades'
• Tory Stevens (BC Parks) - 'Protected Areas in the 21st Century: Galloping with the Climate'
• Ken Marr (RBCM)/Gerry Allen (UVIC) - 'DNA analyses of widespread alpine plants and what we can learn from them'
• Joseph Arnett (Dept.Natural Resources, Washington) - 'Rare Plants across the Border: Introducing the new Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington'
• The 'AGM' - Choosing the next location for Botany BC.

Sunday, July 29/12

• Optional morning field trip

Additional Information (+ current registration and schedule) will be available on this website in February 2012 so please check back.

If you wish to be notified by e-mail when the detailed program and registration for Botany BC 2012 have been posted to the website at: http://members.shaw.ca/botanybc/ please send your request to Elizabeth.Easton@gov.bc.ca