[PCA] NEWS: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cuts Science Staff Weeks After Native Garden Debut

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130823/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-garden-cuts-science-staff-weeks-after-native-garden-debut

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cuts Science Staff Weeks After Native Garden Debut
By Sonja Sharp on August 23, 2013 10:15am | Updated on August 23, 2013
10:15am

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — It's pruning season at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden — one
of the borough's oldest cultural institutions has uprooted its founding
department, DNAinfo New York has learned.

See the link above for the full article about BBG's Science Program.

There was also some information on a blog (
http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/uncommon-ground/2013/08/brooklyn-botanic-garden-suspends-science-program.html#.UhtFXz95Ynw
):

It is with sadness to let you know that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has
suspended their science program including the layoffs of the botanists
there.  Cuts in funding for the garden plus structural problems with the
building have put the science program on hold until further notice. The
herbarium will be put in storage with little opportunity for access. This
is a major blow to the garden and to LIISMA and our use of the garden for
information on exotic and invasive species of our area. The Garden let us
know that if you would like to express your concern about the situation you
can contact the president Scot Medbury at 718-623-7269 <tel:718-623-7269>
or scotmedbury at bbg.org
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