[PCA] TV: David Mizejewski on the Today Show

[Bert Pittman]

 I have had a little trouble sending this. So if you should get again, my
apologies.
 
Bert 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bert Pittman 
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:43 PM
To: 'Ed Guerrant'; bsorrie at earthlink.net; Robert Dana
Cc: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: RE: [PCA] TV: David Mizejewski on the Today Show


 
"Here is the means to end the great extinction spasm. The next century will,
I believe, be the era of restoration in ecology"	

E. O. Wilson, 1992 
 
 
Gardens and restoration are by definition planned landscapes. If these
planned landscapes are to be done rationally for the purposes of
conservation,  the basic principles of  plant systematics and ecology are
indispensable.  
 
 Historically gardens were and are currently important resources for
botanists and ecologists. Some examples are Linnaeus, Elliot, Darwin,
Hooker, Gray, the Bartrams, Rafinesque, E.J. Palmer, Leopold, Clement,
Cowles, Peter Raven, and (Bert Pittman). 
 
 If E.O. Wilson is correct, professional botanists and ecologists should be
in the forefront of this effort and should work cooperatively with plant
enthusiasts, horticulturalists, gardeners, planners, geologists, engineers,
wildlife biologists, and landscape architects. 
 
 Every effort should be made to identify and document, the "type examples"
of  the various plant assemblages and their component species as ecological
benchmarks with the entire conservation community working cooperatively
towards their conservation.
 
Bert Pittman
Botanist
 
PS  
In your search engine's address line put
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin3/mletters_images/ml1frontis.j
pg
<http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin3/mletters_images/ml1frontis.
jpg>   for the earliest know painting of Charle Darwin -- together with his
sister, Catherine.  
 
<http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin3/mletters_images/ml1frontis.
jpg>  

 
 
 

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