Nature at Noon: Forensic Botany - Can Plants Help Solve Crimes

Nature at Noon: Forensic Botany—Can Plants Help Solve Crimes?
Thursday, October 9, 12 noon-1:00 p.m., Community Room at 215 N. Mason
Enter on north side of building.
Join Pam Smith, field botanist and ecologist with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program at Colorado State University and Certified Forensic Botanist with NecroSearch International, on an intriguing look at how plants provide forensic clues. Forensic botanical information can provide insight to people working on a crime scene in a variety of ways using plant identification, plant physiology, genetics, pollen, seeds, plant ecology and more. A few high profile cases have been solved using botanical data. We will discuss some of these cases and the various ways in which plants can be used to solve crimes and find buried bodies. REGISTRATION REQUIRED at naturetracker.fcgov.com.