Join us for a special evening exploring the need for seed banking. Patrick Emblidge, Seed Program Manager at the Mojave Desert Seed Bank, will guide participants on an educational journey into the importance of seed banking for the protection of Mojave Desert flora. He will discuss the foundational importance of plants to the ecosystem, plant restoration, and the details and ethics of seed banking.  The talk and Q&A will be followed by a short tour of the Mojave Desert Seed Bank. This lecture is held in honor of Audrey W Rottman. 

This event is free, but RSVP is required via Eventbrite: Register here 

When: Friday, September 13th from 6-7pm 

Where: Mojave Desert Land Trust headquarters, 60124 Twentynine Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, California 92252 

For more information, please email info@mdlt.org or call 760-366-5440. 

About the speaker: 

Patrick Emblidge is the Seed Program Manager of the Mojave Desert Seed Bank in Joshua Tree. He is an ecologist with a passion for understanding and conserving the flora, fauna, and habitats of arid lands. His introduction to the Mojave Desert was during his master’s degree program, studying Gila monster habitat suitability and thermal ecology in the red cliffs of southwestern Utah. Following his graduate program, he spent 8 years at the U.S. Geological Survey in Las Vegas primarily focused on desert tortoise movement ecology and contact network research. Before joining the Mojave Desert Land Trust, he studied restoration and native vegetation of the shrub-steppe and was the data manager for the Northwest Bat Hub in Oregon.