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Plants Conservation - Training Opportunities

Activities are posted in the language(s) in which they are offered.

We welcome suggestions for additional Canadian-based training opportunities related to plant conservation from employees and members of Canadian botanical gardens, arboreta, museums and related institutions or from Canadian educators. Please contact us (yannvergriete@fastmail.fm).

1. Prairie and Northern Plant Diversity Centre

   Program summary/ Résumé du programme: Prairie and Northern Plant Diversity Centre, in collaboration with the Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre (ANHIC) of Alberta Environment, offers a series of courses on plant rarity. These courses are appropriate for land managers, consultants, and researchers/graduate students interested in professional development. Courses include plant identification, rare plant surveys and rare plant monitoring workshops.

   For current course schedules: www.devonian.ualberta.ca/education.html

   Contact/ Contacter:
   Rene Belland, Prairie and Northern Plant Diversity Centre
   Devonian Botanic Garden, University of Alberta
   Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1
   (780) 987-3054

2. Alberta Native Plant Council - www.anpc.ab.ca/

   Box 52099, Garneau Postal Outlet, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5 info@anpc.ab.ca

   Highlights:

   • Offers workshops, field trips, maintains a native plant seed source list and has recently released guidelines for the collection and use of native plants

    

   Description of Centre/Organisation:

   • The Council emphasizes education initiatives on native plants, studies and works to re-establish rare plants in Alberta, and encourages reclamation and conservation of Alberta’s native habitats

   Recommended by: Elizabeth Hood

3. The Friends of Glencoe Cove-Kwatsech Park - www.conservationconnection.bc.ca/GroupView.asp?GroupID=145

   Victoria, British Columbia
   David Jobson at (250) 477-8947 or david_jobson@hotmail.com

   Highlights:

   • Invasive species removal and native species planting events, on-going

    

   Description of Centre/Organisation:

   • The Friends are dedicated to the preservation, protection and restoration of native plants species as well as that of the Kwatsech archaeological sites in the Glencoe Cove area.

Recommended by: Elizabeth Hood