On 3 August 2011, the NSC Alliance wrote to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about scientific collections as a source of baseline environmental data. The letter was in response an inquiry Senator Whitehouse made on the issue of baseline data on ocean environments during a recent hearing held by the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife.
Natural Science Collections Alliance
Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.