State botanist to be Carson City Democratic luncheon speaker
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 04/13/2019 - 2:33pm
Event Date:
April 15, 2019 - 11:30am Janel Johnson, a botanist with the Nevada Natural Heritage program, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Having earned a bachelors in botany at Oregon State and a Masters in rangeland ecology from Montana State, Janel began her labor of love 15 years ago at the Natural Heritage program of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
From the road Nevada may appear to be an endless sea of sagebrush, greasewood, and creosote bush, but in reality it's the 10th most botanically diverse state in the nation. Between and among Nevada's more than 300 mountain ranges are springs and wetlands, sand dunes and unusual soils that are home to almost 3,000 species of native flowering plants, 150 of which can be found noplace else on earth. Thanks to Nevada's varied topography, wildflowers can be found in bloom here all year round.
When weather permits, Janel Johnson and her colleagues go off road and on foot into the remotest corners of the Silver State to locate, study, document and photograph these natural treasures, some of which are on the State Forester's list of protected species because they have been found to be in imminent danger of extinction. At Monday's luncheon, Janel will narrate a select sampling of these incredible photographs.
This event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 15th, in the banquet room of Carson City's Round Table, on Retail Drive just off College Parkway.
Sponsored by the Democratic Men's Committee, these luncheons help to defer recurring expenses at Carson City's Democratic HQ. Suggested donations of $5 or more gratefully accepted but are not required. All are welcome.
For further information contact Rich Dunn at 434-8783 or richdunn@aol.com.
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