NEA Big Read: Montana’s Pioneer Botanists

the NEA Big Read continues with this free presentation by editor Rachel Potter as she shares stories of botany and history from “Montana's Pioneer Botanists,” a book she co-edited with Peter Lesica. Montana's multitude of rugged mountains and wide open spaces means that botanical discoveries which started with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and continue to this day. “Montana's Pioneer Botanists” brings together more than 30 biographies of these diverse people and traces the growth of botanical knowledge in this wild and beautiful state.
Potter earned a B.A. in Botany at the University of Montana. She worked and now plays in Glacier National Park where the plants and landscape have captivated her for over four decades. She lives in Columbia Falls and is currently the secretary of the Montana Native Plant Society.