Native Plant Society of New Mexico Donations Grant

The Native Plant Society of New Mexico is dedicated to educating the public about native plants and fostering conservation efforts. Through donations, they support regional herbaria that archive biodiversity and promote botanical research. Their contributions aid in digitizing herbarium specimens for broader access, ensuring the preservation of ecological knowledge. This initiative invites other herbaria in New Mexico and West Texas to apply for funding, enhancing collaborative efforts in plant conservation and education.

The Native Plant Society of New Mexico is a non-profit organization that strives to educate the public about native plants by promoting knowledge of plant identification, ecology, and uses; fostering plant conservation and the preservation of natural habitats; supporting botanical research; and encouraging the appropriate use of native plants to conserve water, land, and wildlife.
Donations to Regional Herbaria
Herbarium collections are an invaluable resource for botanical and ecological education as well as plant identification and study. Detailed photographs of specimens are being digitized and made available to a worldwide network of scientists, and physical herbarium specimens are a unique archive of biodiversity over decades and centuries, chronicling long-term changes and preserving chemical makeup and DNA for future analysis.
The Native Plant Society of New Mexico has for years provided support through annual gifts to the UTEP, UNM, San Juan College, WNMU, and NMSU herbaria. Other scholastic, tribal, or museum herbaria in New Mexico or West Texas are invited to apply for donations.