"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.

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are you suggesting it can't be trusted coz amateur?

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yeah thats fair but credentials aren't really the issue here. the issue would be the same is a "professional botanist" had sent the email

We should prioritize humans over a dubiously endangered sub-species