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Georgia Awarded Grant To Help Conserve Rare Plants


Georgia Awarded Grant To Help Conserve Rare Plants
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. – Plant conservation in Georgia just got a lot more promising.
A partnership led by the state Department of Natural Resources has been awarded nearly $780,000 to sample, grow and save 14 imperiled plant species. The federal grant will also boost capacity to preserve the plants at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Chattahoochee Nature Center, while spreading that expertise and support to others in the nationally recognized Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance.
DNR senior botanist Lisa Kruse calls the impact “expansive.” And that’s not only for the targeted plants, which vary from swamp pink to hairy rattleweed and are all federally listed as endangered or threatened. ....

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UW-La Crosse graduate, a Burlington High grad, reflects on transformative college experience


LA CROSSE — Faith Fisher can sum up her college transformation in one word: confidence.
“The thing I’m most proud of is how much more comfortable I am in front of people, how much more comfortable I am in my beliefs,” says Fisher, a sociology major and psychology minor — one of more than 1,500 soon-to-be graduates who will be honored at UW-La Crosse’s commencement Saturday, May 15.
“I’ve grown a lot since my freshman year when I was sometimes scared to put myself out there. I’ve really come out of my shell and stood up for what I believe in.” ....

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