Organization
United Plant Savers
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded 1994 by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar to protect native North American medicinal plants from habitat destruction and overharvest. Maintains a 370-acre botanical sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio, manages a network of partner sanctuaries, and publishes the At-Risk and To-Watch lists that have become the standard reference for wildcrafters, herbalists, and medicinal-plant nurseries across North America.
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What they do
United Plant Savers identifies, maintains, and shares conservation information for native North American medicinal plants. The flagship publications are the At-Risk and To-Watch lists — a curated, regularly-updated registry of medicinal species threatened by wildcrafting, habitat destruction, and climate change ([[american-ginseng|American ginseng]], [[goldenseal|goldenseal]], black cohosh, slippery elm, ramps, and 40+ others on the at-risk list). The 370-acre Goldenseal Botanical Sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio serves as the organization’s working site for conservation, education, and partner-sanctuary coordination.
Why it’s listed
Herbalism without conservation is extraction. Every apothecary, herbal-tea company, and supplement maker [[directory|the directory]] lists upstream of this entry depends on populations of wild and cultivated medicinal plants that wildcrafters and growers haven’t yet exhausted. United Plant Savers is the institutional answer to “who is tracking and protecting that supply?” — and the answer has been “[[rosemary|Rosemary]] Gladstar’s nonprofit since 1994” for the entire contemporary American herbal community.
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