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NO. 15-189
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2015
AS "NATIVE PLANT MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. The Florida Native Plant Society began in the summer of 1980 in Winter Park, Florida by a
group of scientists, educators and conservationists concerned about the loss of Florida's
native plants and the introduction of non-native species overtaking natural areas.
2. The mission of the Florida Native Plant Society is the preservation, conservation and
restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida.
3. The Society now consists of 37 chapters and 3,500 members from all walks of life who
volunteer their time, knowledge and skills in Land Management Reviews, raising moneyfor
Conservation and Research Grants, Landscape Awards, restoration projects and teaching
Floridians about the benefits of native plants.
4. St. Lucie County has an incredible wealth of natural areas to showcase Florida's native
plants and native plant communities.
5. St. Lucie County hosts the OF/IFAS Hayslip Biological Control Research and Containment
Laboratory, which makes it on the front line of controlling and ridding invasive species in
Florida.
6. Lakela's Mint Chapter is the local chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society covering St.
Lucie County. Lakela's mint is a Florida endemic and is restricted to sand scrub habitats
found on ancient dunes formed along former ocean shorelines in Indian River and St. Lucie
Counties
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim the month of October 2015 as "NATIVE PLANT
MONTH" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 6th day of October 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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