Next BSW Meeting
Date: Tuesday, January 6th 7:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Paul Yarowsky
Topic: Water-Insoluble Neurotoxins from Cycas micronesica Recreate the
Spectrum of Guamanian Neurological Diseases

(Further details can be found at the bottom of this email.)

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New tree ID manual for Virginia:
http://www.dof.virginia.gov/website/index-online-store.shtml

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From Steven Lonker:

The Montgomery County Sierra Club is sponsoring four talks this winter
that may be of interest to members of the Botanical Society of Washington.
Jean Schwab, EPA's GreenScapes Program Manager, will give the first talk
on Sunday, January 11:

ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL LANDSCAPING FOR SMALL AND LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS
Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jean Schwab, EPA's GreenScapes
Program Manager, talks about gardening with native plants; limiting
pesticide, fertilizer, and water use; controlling storm water runoff;
reducing waste through composting; and success stories. Bethesda Regional
Services Center, Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, MD. 301-438-3453
Free.

The rest of the schedule can be seen here:
http://maryland.sierraclub.org/montgomery/sections/events.asp

Other talks include: Managing Deer In Suburban Landscapes and Gardening
for Wildlife

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From Edd Barrows:

Please check out environmental events at
http://www1.georgetown.edu/centers/environment/58651.html and mark your
calenders.

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If you are not sure whether you owe dues for 2009, you can check this
spreadsheet:

http://www.botsoc.org/BSWDUES2009.xls

Dues of $10 for one, $15 for two at the same address should be sent to:

Paul Peterson
Department of Botany, MRC-166
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012

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Date: Tuesday, January 6th 7:00 PM

Speaker: Dr. Paul Yarowsky

Topic: Water-Insoluble Neurotoxins from Cycas micronesica Recreate the
Spectrum of Guamanian Neurological Diseases

Dr. Yarowsky is Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics at University of Maryland School of Medicine. His talk will
focus on the relationship of Cycas micronesica, the people on Guam, and
human degenerative diseases.

Meeting location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to
be escorted up. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and
after the presentation.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

Webpage: http://www.botsoc.org/