I’m a retired botanical collections administrator, but still an active botanist specializing in bryophytes (particularly liverworts). Also still active in the natural history collections community. Other interests are gardening and bakinghttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarathiers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarathiers.bsky.social/post/3lswo3xpah22sThe Biodiversity Collections Task Force is a nascent effort to help collections through anticipated difficult times in the near future. We are planning a webinar series, beginning in September 2025. Let us know which topics would be most useful to you: lnkd.in/gQmyMKmN01 Jul 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:szviso7cpztov6c7udhcmtap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswo3xpah22shttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarathiers.bsky.social/post/3lgvcytpklq24Hugs to friends and colleagues who care for federal collections, preserved and living. Not just their own livelihoods, they have the worry that our cultural and scientific heritage could be lost or imperiled, upending of previous generations images.app.goo.gl bs56VbRrVG2EGn3C9 https://images.app.goo.gl/29 Jan 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:szviso7cpztov6c7udhcmtap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvcytpklq24https://bsky.app/profile/barbarathiers.bsky.social/post/3lfzquyyzv22nThe weather outside in the Denver metro area is truly frightful, so it’s a good day to embark on a Ikea assembly project— desk and drawers for my home biology lab18 Jan 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:szviso7cpztov6c7udhcmtap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfzquyyzv22n