Contact your elected representatives and let them know how you feel about plants, our web of life, and the ecosystem services we all depend upon:

  • Ask them to cosponsor H.R. 1572 The Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act aka “ the Botany Bill”. The bill provides improved funding and staffing for federal botany programs and the National Seed Strategy.
  • Read a summary of the bill attached below. 
  • Read the full text of the bill at Congress.gov the bill at Congress.gov

Learn more about what you can do to speak out for plants and how to contact local representatives here:

https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/contact-your-elected-representatives