Post by meadowview on Jul 15, 2008 11:52:22 GMT
Hi Folks:
Our interns are providing accounts of their volunteer work at Meadowview and they have more interesting posts on the way. Please contact me if you are interested in volunteering or taking an "eco-vacation" at Meadowview. We have work year round at the research station, in the greenhouse and office, and on the Joseph Pines Preserve.
Our pitcher plant restoration at Joseph Pines Preserve is nearly complete. We have the only reserve in Virginia with native Virgina yellow pitcher plant. We had six Sarracenia flava populations remaining in Virginia (a combination of historical sites and sites we found); four have now been extirpated and the other two are soon to follow leading to the complete extinction of all our native S. flava colonies.
Fortunately, we propagated all six yellow pitcher populations (from either seed or rhizome divisions) and they are all flourishing on the Joseph Pines Preserve.
Due to several recent donations we now owe just over $8000.00 on our real estate note for Joseph Pines Preserve. If you are interested in helping out financially with our preservation work please consider a tax-deductible donation to the preserve. We hope to pay the loan off this year and you can help make that dream a reality. We are an official non-profit 501(c)(3) charity recognized by the IRS.
Here is an image of the now extinct Gary's Church population from Prince George County, VA which is flourishing at Joseph Pines.
Sincerely,
Phil Sheridan
Director
Meadowview Biological
Research Station
Our interns are providing accounts of their volunteer work at Meadowview and they have more interesting posts on the way. Please contact me if you are interested in volunteering or taking an "eco-vacation" at Meadowview. We have work year round at the research station, in the greenhouse and office, and on the Joseph Pines Preserve.
Our pitcher plant restoration at Joseph Pines Preserve is nearly complete. We have the only reserve in Virginia with native Virgina yellow pitcher plant. We had six Sarracenia flava populations remaining in Virginia (a combination of historical sites and sites we found); four have now been extirpated and the other two are soon to follow leading to the complete extinction of all our native S. flava colonies.
Fortunately, we propagated all six yellow pitcher populations (from either seed or rhizome divisions) and they are all flourishing on the Joseph Pines Preserve.
Due to several recent donations we now owe just over $8000.00 on our real estate note for Joseph Pines Preserve. If you are interested in helping out financially with our preservation work please consider a tax-deductible donation to the preserve. We hope to pay the loan off this year and you can help make that dream a reality. We are an official non-profit 501(c)(3) charity recognized by the IRS.
Here is an image of the now extinct Gary's Church population from Prince George County, VA which is flourishing at Joseph Pines.
Sincerely,
Phil Sheridan
Director
Meadowview Biological
Research Station