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UpS Internship

Hard Working?  Motivated to learn about medicinal plants?
Want an opportunity to live and work on United Plant Savers' 360-acre Botanical Sanctuary in Ohio?
Join us in our UpS Sanctuary Intern Program! 
 
Spring Intern Session:  6 weeks – May 17 through June 25, 2010 (DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MAY 1)
Fall Intern Session:  6 weeks – August 30 through October 8, 2010 (DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS AUG 15).  If after Deadline, call to discuss.

Applicants will be accepted on a first-come basis.  As soon as your application and references are received and reviewed, we will inform you of your status.

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UpS News

Tennessee Purple Coneflower Proposed for Delisting

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed removing the Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) from the list of threatened and endangered species, marking the success of a decades-long cooperative conservation effort under the Endangered Species Act.
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KU Plant Project Wins Funding

By The Capital-Journal
December 18, 2009 - 9:29am
LAWRENCE — A new native medicinal plant research program at The University of Kansas has earned funding for a five-year, $5 million project titled "Innovation Center for Advanced Plant Design: Plants for the Heartland."

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UpS Sanctuary in the News

Mother Nature’s son: Preserving ‘Appalachia’s herb basket’
by Beth Sergent

RUTLAND — Though Meigs County is infamously known for one herb in particular, it is actually home to one of the largest wild populations of goldenseal, blue and black cohosh, wild ginger and ramps in the United States.

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UpS In the News

Medicinal herbs in the U.S. and around the world are becoming endangered, and you can help with a few hours of your time.
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"Plants & Their Friends"

Plants and Their Friends, an award winning talk show, now streaming on internet
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Researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb'

"To-Watch" SW herb in the news. 
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JOIN THE BILLION TREE CAMPAIGN: PLANT FOR THE PLANET

A world-wide effort

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Now Available: Good Stewardship Harvest Brochures for Wild American Ginseng

  The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has just released a series of brochures to encourage good stewardship practices by those who harvest wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) roots.
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