Native Plant Conservation Campaign Action Alert: Endorse the Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration and Promotion Act!
October 5, 2016
Dear Native Plant Conservation leader:
Over the last year, numerous organizations, including the NPCC, have worked together to prepare a legislative bill that promotes botanical capacity and generates more demand for native plant materials. We are seeking sponsorship for this bill with legislators in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and are inviting organizations that support the bill's aims to show their support by endorsing it.
If you have not already done so, we would like your organization to consider endorsing this bill. Your endorsement is important because it will improve our chances of securing sponsorship in Congress. For details on current endorsers and the bill itself, see below. Please review this information and contact
Kay Havens or
me with questions or concerns.
To add your organization to the list of endorsers, please
email Andrea Kramer (akramer@chicagobotanic.org) by Friday, October 21, 2016.
If you may be able to endorse but need more time (e.g., to discuss at your next Board meeting), please let Andrea know that you are considering it and the date when you expect to be able to confirm endorsement.
More information:
The following organizations have signed on to this legislative proposal to-date:
Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance, Alabama Wildflower Society, American Public Gardens Association, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Association for Zoological Horticulture, BFI Native Seeds, BG-Base, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (US), Botanical Society of America, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, California Native Plant Society, Center for Plant Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, Colorado Native Plant Society, Denver Botanic Garden, Florida Association of Native Nurseries (FANN), Florida Native Plant Society, Garden Club of America, Georgia Botanical Society, Georgia Native Plant Society, Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, Houston Zoo, Illinois Native Plant Society, Institute for Applied Ecology, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Key West Botanical Garden Society, Inc., Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society, Living Habitats, Longwood Gardens, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Native Plant Society, National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils, National Wildlife Federation, Native Plant Conservation Campaign, Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Natural Areas Association, New England Wild Flower Society, Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Prairie Legacy Inc., Rain Shadow Consulting, Salomon’s House, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Society for Ecological Restoration, The Atlanta Botanical Garden, The Cobb Land Trust, Inc., The Institute for Regional Conservation, The Morton Arboretum, The Xerces Society, Quarryhill Botanical Garden, Virginia Native Plant Society, Washington Native Plant Society, Wilbur D. May Arboretum & Botanical Garden
Some of the details in the actual bill may change at the request of our Congressional sponsors, in which case all endorsing organizations will be contacted to ensure their continued support of the changes.
Thank you for your consideration.
