[Ccb_faculty] Fwd: Conservation Symposium February 8th: Seeds of Change

[Lynn Sweet]

See information below about the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Conservation
Symposium.


--
Lynn C. Sweet, PhD
Asst. Research Ecologist & Principal Investigator




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From: Denise Knapp <dknapp at sbbotanicgarden.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Subject: Conservation Symposium February 8th: Seeds of Change
To: lynn.sweet at ucr.edu <lynn.sweet at ucr.edu>
Cc: Denise Knapp <dknapp at sbbotanicgarden.org>


Dear Lynn,



Happy New Year! I hope you and your family are doing well.



I thought you may be interested in our annual conservation symposium on
February 8. This year the theme is Seeds of Change: Conservation Through
Diversity. It is free to attend online, and very affordable to attend in
person for students ($15) and others ($40). We have another great lineup of
speakers this year, including 2025 Pritzlaff Conservation Award recipient
Peggy Olwell (a conservation powerhouse). We’ll be recording the event
again this year and putting on our YouTube channel too, if you can’t make
it or know any professors who could use a few good conservation biology
resources.

We’ll be outlining how diverse, regionally-adapted seed collections are
essential to successful habitat restoration and the preservation of rare
species. Our speakers will explain why maintaining genetic diversity in
seed collections is key to resilient ecosystems, and talk about how across
the nation, movements like Seeds of Success, Seed LA, and the Northeast
Seed Network are leading the charge in collecting, growing, and storing
native plant seeds. You’ll hear directly from growers and conservationists
who are at the forefront of these efforts. They’ll share their experiences
and insights on what it takes to build and maintain robust seed banks and
how these efforts are shaping national and regional native plant seed
strategies.

For more information or to register to attend in person or virtually, visit
SBBotanicGarden.org/symposium-2025
<https://sbbotanicgarden.org/classes-events/12th-annual-santa-barbara-botanic-garden-conservation-symposium/>

Hope to see you there! Please share, too :)



Denise



*Denise Knapp, Ph.D. (she/her)*

*Director of Conservation & Research*

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

1212 Mission Canyon Rd.

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Office: 805.682.4868

*SBBotanicGarden.org* <https://www.sbbotanicgarden.org/>



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