Desert StudiesMylea Lovell
2022 The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies

Measuring and Monitoring Selaginella lepidophylla Populations: Are the Current Rates of Commercial Harvest Sustainable?
Lovell will use a background in range conservation and restoration ecology to gather data on wild Selaginella lepidophylla in the Chihuahuan desert. Lovell will monitor and assess conservation risks due to commercial exploitation. Lovell’s research will bring together the principles of conservation and ecological sustainability with crop genomics and sustainable agriculture in water-limited landscapes.
The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies
To promote the study of horticulture, conservation, botany, environmental science, and landscape design relating to the arid landscape.
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