Environment: The Living Library of Plants

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To ensure the preservation of most or all of the 3,000 threatened species, the center hopes eventually to create a $15 million endowment. "That works out to about $5,000 per species," says Thibodeau. "In fact, for $5,000 we will be delighted to save an endangered plant in your name." --By Jamie Murphy. Reported by David Bjerklie/New York