This weekend brought a trip up north to Los Alamos for their annual Bear Festival. Friday evening was the Eat Like a Bear dinner, which included a lecture by sister-in-law Doc Ramsay.
Little Schlepp got to meet some old friends...
and make new ones...
Along the way, we noticed a door off of the birdwatching area in the back of the Nature Center: Herbarium. We asked Jennifer, a PEEC volunteer, about it and she gave us an impromptu tour.
It turns out they inherited the specimens from LANL and other sources back in 2005. Since then, it's been growing as people add to the collection. There are on the order of 3000 sheets stored in their herbarium.
We didn't have much time to linger, but Jennifer has put me in touch with others involved in the PEEC herbarium. I'm sure there will be opportunities to collaborate.
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