Creating Native Plant Refuges
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The Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill hosts a series of talks focused on topics that relate to the science, ecology, history, and culture of the Sonoran Desert. All talks are open to the public.
Creating Native Plant Refuges with Jim Koweek
Invasive plant species have already taken over a large portion of SE Arizona. This has had a negative effect on the fauna that depend on the native species for food and habitat. Control on a large scale, possibly millions of acres, is not going to happen. Our best hope is to create many small-scale refuges for native plants. This keeps a seed bank going and provides some sanctuary. This presentation will cover how and why to do this.
Our speaker:
Jim Koweek has worked with seed, plants, rock, and dirt in the wilds of Southeastern Arizona for the past 40 years. Jim is the owner and sole employee of Arizona Revegetation & Monitoring Co. He is the author of two nontechnical file guides: Grassland Plant ID for Everyone-Except for Folks That Take Boring Technical Stuff Too Seriously and Sonoran Desert Plant ID For Everyone. Jim graduated from the University of Arizona in 1978, and his best times at the UofA were spent in two classes with Paul Martin at Tumamoc Hill.