Post by houstonherp on Mar 25, 2007 4:04:11 GMT
I thought I would add a little about the NASC Grower Committee (GC), in hopes that I can explain what the GC does, so that we can have some topic discussions, and hopefully get some of the viewers of this thread to join the NASC and the GC.
Obviously, the NASC is all about conservation and education. our methods are not as mainstream as many other conservation organizations, in that we use CULTIVATION as a method of preserving location-specific Sarracenia species and hybrids. With the rapid destruction of Sarracenia habitat, it's obvious that there is no way to save all of the little bit of remaining land. But it CAN be possible to preserve the plants FROM the site. This serves as both a living record of the genetics of the plants from this specific site, AND allows the NASC to serve as a 'bank' of this genetic material, for future reintroduction into the same site, or a site that is nearby. And this is where the NASC Grower Committee comes in.
Members of the GC grow Sarracenia seeds and plants for the NASC. These seeds/plants are specially coded and labeled, so that the exact site location where these plants/seeds originated can be maintained in a database. Each NASC grower has multiple plants of each code that they are working with, and is responsible for maintaining records detailing the progress with their genetic representation of the plants.
As the national head grower, I am responsible for overseeing all of this work. There are many regional head growers (RHGs), each with a multi-state area that they ae responsible for; and each RHG can have many area head growers and growers that report to them as well.
If you would like to become an NASC grower, your first step is to JOIN THE NASC! Once that is done, print out the Grower Information Packet from the NASC web site, fill it out, and return it to the address provided in the Packet.
For more information, please check out the NASC web site at www.nasarracenia.org. I look forward to hearing from you!
Mike
Obviously, the NASC is all about conservation and education. our methods are not as mainstream as many other conservation organizations, in that we use CULTIVATION as a method of preserving location-specific Sarracenia species and hybrids. With the rapid destruction of Sarracenia habitat, it's obvious that there is no way to save all of the little bit of remaining land. But it CAN be possible to preserve the plants FROM the site. This serves as both a living record of the genetics of the plants from this specific site, AND allows the NASC to serve as a 'bank' of this genetic material, for future reintroduction into the same site, or a site that is nearby. And this is where the NASC Grower Committee comes in.
Members of the GC grow Sarracenia seeds and plants for the NASC. These seeds/plants are specially coded and labeled, so that the exact site location where these plants/seeds originated can be maintained in a database. Each NASC grower has multiple plants of each code that they are working with, and is responsible for maintaining records detailing the progress with their genetic representation of the plants.
As the national head grower, I am responsible for overseeing all of this work. There are many regional head growers (RHGs), each with a multi-state area that they ae responsible for; and each RHG can have many area head growers and growers that report to them as well.
If you would like to become an NASC grower, your first step is to JOIN THE NASC! Once that is done, print out the Grower Information Packet from the NASC web site, fill it out, and return it to the address provided in the Packet.
For more information, please check out the NASC web site at www.nasarracenia.org. I look forward to hearing from you!
Mike
