[MPWG] Ethnobotany Symposium, October 13-14, western Maryland

[Brent Bailey]

Please click on the link below to connect to information about the
upcoming Ethnobotany Symposium, to be held at Rocky Gap State Park in
western Maryland on October 13-14.

http://www.umbi.umd.edu/nande/EthnobotanySymposium.html 

This link includes additional links to information regarding
registration, accommodations, directions to the park, speakers, etc.

Vendors are also invited to attend with displays or items for sale.

The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Appalachian Center for
Ethnobotanical Studeis, a consortium of the University of Maryland
Biotechnology Institute, Frostburg State University, and West Virginia
University.

A diverse audience is anticipated for this symposium: Panel sessions
will address medicinal plants from the perspectives of producers,
conservationists, herbal medicine practitioners, medical researchers,
and folklorists.

Special student registration rates are available.


Brent Bailey, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
West Virginia University

Tel. 304-293-5201, Ext. 31468
Email Brent.Bailey at mail.wvu.edu