The Kootenay Native Plant Society will be holding their AGM following a presentation from Richard Hebda. His talk is titled “Restoring the Future: Native Plants and Climate Change.” Richard Hebda is a Curator of Botany and Earth History at the Royal British Columbia Museum and an adjunct faculty member in Biology and Earth and Ocean Sciences at the UVic. He studies the climate history of BC, Ethnobotany of BC First Nations, climate change impacts, restoration of natural systems, ecology and origins of Garry oak and alpine ecosystems and botany of grasses. He has a Ph. D. in Botany form the University of British Columbia. Tickets are available for purchase at Ellisons Market in Nelson, Crumbs Bakery in Castlegar and Bay Avenue Music in Trail. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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