Keith Tomlinson- Smithsonian Associates Study Leader

This Blog features articles spanning 45 years of work in botanical gardens, museums, international travel, environmental education and natural resource management with a focus on plant diversity conservation.

Thursday, February 9, 2023

New Smithsonian Associates Zoom Program

Assateague: A Natural History Primer

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Thursday Mach 30th 2023 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Keith P. Tomlinson: I retired from full time work after forty-five years combined experience in field botany, herbarium curation, living collections management, biogeography, wilderness travel, rock climbing, gardening and environmental education. I have an active part time work schedule with the Smithsonian Associates, NOVA Parks and the American Horticultural Society in addition to volunteering. Education, BA West Virginia University, Masters Course Work University of Hawaii. Fellow Washington DC Academy of Sciences, Study Tour Leader, Smithsonian Associates. Administrator and interpretive naturalist Meadowlark Botanical Gardens (MBG) from 1997 to 2020 (retired). MBG is a part of the NOVA Parks system, a remarkably progressive conservation and recreation agency preserving over 13,000 acres of open space in Northern Virginia. www.NVRPA.org. Previously I worked at Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii as an Education Specialist in Natural History and doing herbarium curatorial work focused on Melanesia. During the 80s I worked for Montgomery County Public Schools leading curriculum-based rock climbing, caving, backpacking and rafting trips at the Kingsley Wilderness Project.

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