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Blog Posts by Joe Davitt

New species and living fossils – Part 2
March 09, 2020
San Diego’s endemic plants: New species and living fossils
November 19, 2019
Rare Plant Reintroduction: Dudleya brevifolia – Part 2
June 18, 2019
Rare Plant Introduction: Release the Dudleya! - Part 1 
February 22, 2019
Reviving seeds for our future
November 30, 2018
Reaching New Heights
September 27, 2018
Making a Blood Sacrifice to Conserve Plants
August 27, 2018
Saving A Native San Diegan
July 11, 2018
Seed Collecting Season – 2018
June 11, 2018
Seed Banking 2017 – The Year in Review
January 18, 2018
San Diego Thornmint – Saving the Species
January 08, 2018
Seed Bulking For Conservation
November 13, 2017
Rare Seed Collections in San Diego County
October 06, 2017
San Diego’s Vernal Pool Specialists
August 31, 2017
Conserving San Diego’s Vernal Pools
July 31, 2017
Conserving San Diego’s Geophytes
May 25, 2017
California Plant Rescue: 2016 review
January 06, 2017
Freezing San Diego’s Rarest Seeds
December 09, 2016
Saving San Diego’s Rare Mints
October 28, 2016
Rare Plant Seed Collections in San Diego County
September 30, 2016
Conserving the rare plants of Otay Mountain
August 19, 2016
California Plant Rescue
August 02, 2016

Most Recent

A feat of archiving
December 03, 2020
Conserving the underdog: Collaborative efforts to translocate endangered kangaroo rats
November 20, 2020
Backgrounds and enrichment
November 13, 2020
A day for lemurs!
October 30, 2020
Rummaging for red-diamond rookeries
October 05, 2020
Saving Species
Saving Species
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Rhino mom and calf. Saving Species worldwide.
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