An
Active Partner
in Plant Conservation
Plant conservation is a team effort.
Our team includes public organizations (federal, state, and city
agencies), private organizations, and individuals. Some of our partners
include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, City of Portland's
Bureau of Environmental Services, Saturday Academy's Apprenticeship
in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program, Open MEadow Learning Center's
Corps Restoring the Urban Environment (CRUE) Program, City of Eugene,
Natural Heritage Program, Lewis and Clark College, Portland State
University, Reed College, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State of
Hawaii, the US Army, and the Center for Plant Conservation.
The Berry Botanic Garden is a charter
Participating Institution in the Center for Plant Conservation.
The CPC is a national conservation organization based at
the Missouri Botanical Garden dedicated to using botanic garden
resources to conserve endangered plants of the United States, and
an acclaimed global leader in the field of off-site plant conservation.
Our partnerships allow us to add seed to the seed bank, perform
scientific experiments on rare plants, train interns, produce conferences,
write books on plant conservation, and provide other public education
on issues relating to plant conservation.
Recognized as a Good Team Player In 2000, the Bureau of Land Management
and the US Forest Service honored The Berry Botanic Garden with
their single, joint national Partnership Award for "Outstanding
Achievement in Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Plants."
In 2002, our Conservation Director, Ed Guerrant received the Center
for Plant Conservation Star Award in honor of his concern and commitment
to the conservation of the flora of the United States.
A COMPLETE list
of Berry's conservation activities.
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