[MPWG] Society for Economic Botany Annual Meeting - 2-7 June 2012, Frostburg MD

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany will be hosted 
by Frostburg University, one of the nation's only Universities that offers 
an undergraduate degree in Ethnobotany. 

The theme this year: ETHNOBOTANY OF MOUNTAIN CULTURES

2 June: Student-led service project & photography workshop

3 June: Pre-conference field trips to Dr. Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden, 
Harding's Ginseng Farm, Green Ridge State Forest, and a Nature Conservancy 
boreal bog. Sunday evening will feature an ACES sponsored farmers' market 
and entertainment by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker.

4-7 June: Conference will include presentations on Appalachian, Himalayan 
and European mountains Ethnobotany. The Open Science Network in 
Ethnobiology will sponsor a special symposium on Ethnobiology Education

Call for posters: Submission deadline April 1

Registration is now open! @ <
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=34798&>

For information on the meeting, see: <
http://www.econbot.org/_organization_/index.php?sm=07|meetings_by_year/2012
>

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>
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