February 8th, 2015
On Thursday February 5th and Friday February 6th a number of us including grad student and Society for Conservation Biology volunteers, began the enormous job of moving the Fowler Herbarium from the basement of the Biosciences Complex to its new home in the Jessie Deslauriers Centre for Biology at QUBS. With 144,000 specimens and some cabinets weighing in at over 200 kgs it was a daunting task. There was a trip on each of Thursday and Friday with a fully-loaded rental truck > 8 metres long. Only about 75% of the collection was moved on these two days but already the new facility showcases this important botanical collection - much more organizing and moving to be done!