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Find               A Photo | Plants Publications & Downloadable FilesFiles are available for download                             as Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files.  If                             you need Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe                             Acrobat Reader website. **Lingua Botanica**
A Journal of Forest Service Botanists & Plant                               Ecologists,                              National Botanical Journal (USFS)

**2004**Greetings and Holiday Happiness to all                                     Lingua Botanica Readers.

First off, I apologize for the size of this                                     issue of the newsletter - I blame it on computer                                     problems here in the WO (I had to do big parts                                     of this at home on my IMac). I hope it doesn't                                     ruin anyone's inbox. This edition of Lingua                                     Botanica is extra special. It marks the end                                     of five years of the newsletter, and the end                                     of my term as its editor. I want to thank                                     all of the readers of our little rag. Your                                     support has been heart-warming and gratifying.                                     I couldn't have written or reprinted all the                                     stuff that has graced the pages of LB without                                     your encouragement. Thanks too for your toleration                                     of all those pedantic rants on the front page                                     of each edition.

In Lingua Botanica vol.1 #1 (Jan 2000), I                                     stated the goals of the newsletter. They were:                                    1) To foster communications among bots and                                     ecos throughout the FS,                                    2) To related FS botany issues to partners                                     outside the agency, and                                    3) To educate the readers. I will leave it                                     to each of you to decide whether we've done                                     a good job or not, but I'll just go out on                                     a limb and say I think we did a pretty okay                                     job. Some of the highlight issues that LB                                     has reprinted during its five year run include:
- Lots of bad stuff like invasive species                                       and native plant poachers                                      Obituaries of many eminent botanists and                                       ecologists                                     Repeated reports on the destructive trade                                       in forest floor mosses                                     
- Botany and Music (first in the winter                                       2000 issue, but also as recently as the                                       summer 2004 issue)                                      International botany events                                     NatureWatch and Celebrating Wildflowers                                       news galore                                     
- Articles written by real, live field botanists                                      Lots of goofy pictures, and a secret message                                       on the last page of every issue.                                     476 pages of fun - 20 different highlighted                                       plants - Zero mentions of Lewis and Clark                                   
I hope the holiday season finds each of you                                     in the company of loved ones.
Remember to share your copy of Lingua Botanica                                     with a friend, co-worker, or partner.
Read to your kids, be honest to yourself,                                     and love your mother
Woo Hoo!
Wayne Owen                                    Conservation Planning Biologist                                    USDA Forest Service                                    Washington Office****Lingua Botanica                                     12_04 Winter (2.41 mb)****Lingua Botanica                                     09_04 Fall (566 kb)Lingua Botanica                                     06_04 Summer (3.34 mb)
**2003**Lingua Botanica                                     12_03 Winter (917 kB)****Lingua Botanica                                     09_03 Fall (.99 mB)****Lingua                                     Botanica 06_03 Summer (1.27                                     mB)****Lingua                                     Botanica 03_03 Spring (697                                     kB)
**2002**Lingua Botanica                                     12_02 Winter (935 kB)Lingua                                     Botanica 09_02 Fall (639kB)Lingua                                     Botanica 03_02 Spring (968                                     kB)Lingua Botanica                                     06_02 Summer (753 KB)
**2001**Lingua Botanica                                     03-01 Spring (512 kB)Lingua Botanica                                     06-01 Summer (473 kB)Lingua Botanica                                     09-01 Autumn (417 kB)Lingua Botanica                                     12-01 Winter(931                                     kB)
**2000**Lingua                                     Botanica 01-00 Spring 2000 (110                                     kB)Lingua Botanica                                     06-00 Summer 2000 (322                                     kB)Lingua Botanica                                     09-00 Autumn 2000 (390                                     kB)Lingua Botanica                                     12-00 Winter 2000 (277                                     kB) - Errata (March                                     2002): virtualparks.com is now www.virtualparks.org.                                     where you can virtually visit over ~3000 wilderness                                     areas.
Medicine                                   from U.S. Wildlands (202kB):                                   An Assessment of Native Plant Species Harvested                                   in the United States for Use and Trade and Evaluation                                   of Conservation and Management Implications.

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**Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants               (WFW)**              Washington, D.C. Office              Author: Shelly Witt, National Continuing Education Coordinator,               WFW staff              Email: [email protected]              Phone: 435-881-4203              Publish_date:1/20/99              Expires: none

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