Today we discuss two botanical baddies Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter who rafted the length of the Colorado River and mapped the flora they found along the way!

SOURCES

BOOK: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE6g_MHtYxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXxoaia78M

https://aadl.org/elzadaclover

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-26/grand-canyon-designated-a-national-park

https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/trailblazing-women-botanists-in-the-grand-canyon