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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Eric,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You might check out the book “Keeping It Simple: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast ” edited by Douglas Deur and Nancy J. Turner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have just started reading it but it has a lot of information with an extensive bibliography and citations to research and the writings of early explorers <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on the many ways NW natives cultivated the landscape to manage for a variety of plants including about 15 references to practices related to Camassia.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Watershed LLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 2315<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vashon, WA 98070<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mlaurie@mindspring.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>mlaurie@mindspring.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.WatershedLLC.net"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.WatershedLLC.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>206-406-7153 mobile phone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MPWG [mailto:mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Riibe, Lindsey<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 31, 2017 8:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [MPWG] Camassia-human co-evolution in the Maritime Northwest?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Forwarding this message from the main PCA list (native plants). Please include Eric Mader <<a href="mailto:eric@xerces.org">eric@xerces.org</a>> in your reply (I don't think he's part of the MPWG email list). Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Can anyone point me to literature dealing specifically with the hypothesis that Camassia species in the Maritime Northwest are largely human-dependent? <br><br>There's countless casual comments to this effect in popular discourse, but is there any actual research dealing with this question? In an initial literature search I'm not finding anything. Maybe one of you listserv members with a background in ethobotany can point me in the right direction? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Eric<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#0B5394'>---<br>Eric Lee-Mӓder<br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#0B5394'>- Pollinator Program Co-Director, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<br>- USDA-NRCS Technical Service Provider, TSP-10-6572<br><br><img border=0 width=96 height=36 style='width:1.0in;height:.375in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://docs.google.com/a/xerces.org/uc?id=0B9Zka-NCnba2RTltUGlONmRNUGc&export=download"><br>Salish Sea Regional Office, Whidbey Island, WA (503) 989-3649 (</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#0B5394'>日本語でどうぞ</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#0B5394'>)<br><br>The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit <a href="http://www.xerces.org" target="_blank">www.xerces.org</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>