Linda Groom ‘Threatened alpine species: an update on the campaign to save them from feral horses’
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Linda, a volunteer with Invasive Species Council’s Reclaim Kosci campaign, will talk about some of the Australian alpine plants threatened by feral horses and how those plants function as natural water managers. She will also provide an update on recent developments in the 'Reclaim Kosci' campaign.
Abstract This richly illustrated talk will cover some of the Australian alpine plants threatened by feral horses and how those plants function as natural water managers. Linda will also provide an update on recent developments in the 'Reclaim Kosci' campaign.
Biography Linda Groom is a volunteer with the Invasive Species Council’s ‘Reclaim Kosci’ campaign. She organized a protest walk, seeking stronger management of feral horses, from Sydney to Kosciusko in 2018 and a subsequent paper petition of 12,000 signatures to the NSW Parliament. She was heavily involved in encouraging public comment on the 2020 draft management plan for wild horses in Kosciuszko. Now retired, she was formerly Curator of Pictures at the National Library of Australia, in which capacity she spoke to the Friends on botanic art of the First Fleet
This talk will be held in the ANBG Theatrette.
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