Rutherford has dedicated more than three decades to the recovery of rare plants in southern and central California, some of which teetered on the edge of extinction in the 1980s due to habitat loss and fragmentation from urban expansion, agricultural conversion, and recreation. “I realized that we have a better chance to conserve our wild landscapes, and I knew I had to be part of that effort,” she said.
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