"amateur botanist"

>  the crews potentially destroyed hundreds of Braunton’s milk vetch plants, an endangered species whose remaining numbers have dwindled to less than 3,000 in the wild.

> The city utility had been alerted to the presence of the endangered plants on July 7 via an email sent by David Pluenneke, an amateur botanist and avid hiker.

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Another good example of how difficult it is to actually do the important work 

"Why was this preventable problem not prevented???" Because of a bigger problem