Dr. Bob Wernerehl, State Botanist, Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Westboro, Massachusetts, will speak to the New England Botanical Club on Friday, February 2 beginning at 6:45 in the Haller Lecture Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge, on the topic of Rare Vascular Plants in Massachusetts: Natural Heritage Maps the Mystery. Bob protects 300 rare plant species through conservation measures, ecological planning and inventory survey work, and lends support to many other conservation organizations in New England. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information visit http://rhodora.org