<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forwarding this message that was posted to the PCA listserve.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:MingLiU"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I work with the Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:MingLiU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have a post today by Hal Herring about American ginseng digging in Appalachia past and present and the impact that the global market is having on the conservation of this native plant:
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http://blog.nature.org/science/2016/07/11/ginseng-digging-local-traditions-global-markets-appalachia-medicinal-plants/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I thought that many of you would be interested in this story. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Cheers,<br>
Lisa</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">“Stop, collaborate, and listen.” ~ Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Lisa Feldkamp</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Science Communications</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Nature Conservancy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:lfeldkamp@tnc.org" target="_blank">lfeldkamp@tnc.org</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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