Today marks my first meeting with the BioPark's Conservation Committee. Like the mayor's Biological Park Advisory Board, we'll be meeting in the library at the Zoo. There are 16 people on the committee and they oversee the disbursement of funding for various conservation projects.
As the only botanist in the group, I'll be interested in how to move them towards more plant-based habitat conservation. Right now, they only fund our membership in the Botanic Gardens Conservation International program with North American plants. They also support the IUCN Species Survival Commission, which is very general and includes plant species. Otherwise, everything involves individual animal species.
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| Graphical representation of conservation support |
I'm also worried that federal dollars for various grants will have disappeared since Doge started making cuts. I'm also concerned about Emilie and Clay, who recently left the BioPark for Applied Ecology, Inc.
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Late pm update: Meeting was moved to Colores. 16 attendees and a good amount of administrivia was covered. Looking forward to learning more as the group gets its feet under itself.
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