Project Prepares Collection for 21st-Century Challenge of Invasive Species
Friday, September 12, 2014 - 15:40
in Earth & Climate
The Wisconsin State Herbarium, director Kenneth Cameron is spearheading a project to "digitize" images and data on invasive species from the Great Lakes basin. The $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will also be disbursed to other natural history museums. Together, these institutions expect to digitize 1.73 million specimens.