Improvement of New Mexico State University Herbarium as a Research and Teaching Facility for Plant Ecology, Systematics, and Evolution

该项目将极大地改善新墨西哥州立大学植物标本馆的研究、教育和公共服务活动，该标本馆保存着来自新墨西哥栖息地和周边地区的6万份研究标本。具体的改进包括植物标本馆，以缓解拥挤，取代旧的不足的情况下，适应未来4-5年的增长。其他改进还包括为学生和游客提供显微镜，以及用无酸文件夹取代可能损坏标本的文件夹。该项目将极大地改善新墨西哥州立大学植物标本馆的研究、教育和公共服务活动，该标本馆保留了代表新墨西哥及其周边地区栖息地的强大区域植物收藏。该系列将接收新的案例，以缓解拥挤，并容纳4-5年的增长，以及一个显微镜供学生和游客使用。除了大学的学生外，这些植物收藏还为许多地方、州和联邦机构提供了资源，这些机构涉及土地管理、生态研究、保护和旅游。

This project will greatly improve research, educational and public service activities at the New Mexico State University herbarium, which maintains a research collection of 60,000 specimens from New Mexico habitats and surrounding areas. Specific improvements include herbarium cases to relieve crowding, replace older inadequate cases and accommodate growth for the next 4-5 years. Other improvements are a microscope for student and visitor use and acid-free folders to replace ones that are potentially damaging to specimens. %%% This project will greatly improve research, educational and public service activities at the New Mexico State University herbarium, which maintains a strong regional plant collection representing habitats from New Mexico and surrounding areas. The collection will receive new cases to relieve crowding and accommodate 4-5 years' growth, as well as a microscope for student and visitor use. Apart from students at the university, the plant collection is a resource for many local, state and federal agencies involved in land management, ecological studies, conservation and tourism.