From okwong at blm.gov Tue Jul 7 08:56:16 2015 From: okwong at blm.gov (Kwong, Olivia) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 09:56:16 -0400 Subject: [APWG] PCA: Afternoon Bimonthly Webinar for July 8, 2015 Message-ID: NOTICE: We will be having a webinar for our July 8th Plant Conservation Alliance Bimonthly Meeting. Our presentation will be "Introduction to the Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability (CRAVe)" by National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center staff Elda Varela Minder and Robin O'Malley with USGS. The link/password for the webinar is included below and audio is only available via phone. Please join us for this talk about vulnerability assessments that can provide insights on resources that are most likely to be affected by climate change and why those resources are most vulnerable. This message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists. Olivia Kwong CPC/PCA http://www.blm.gov/pca The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is held every other month in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. There is a roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include representatives from Federal agencies and from Cooperating organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, July 8, 2015 2:00 - 4:00 PM WEBINAR: 1. Go to https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.php?MTID=m9a47759e2d20b72998862bdb65ec64a0 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: Nativeplants123! 4. Click "Join". 5. For audio, call 877-414-1336 passcode 6177335# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA 2:00 Introductions 2:05 Elda Varela-Acevedo (Research Associate, USGS, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center) and Robin O'Malley (Policy & Partnership Coordinator, USGS, NCCWSC) ? Introduction to the Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability (CRAVe) 3:00 Announcements/Communications 3:20 Updates on Activities - Medicinal Plant Working Group - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group - National Seed Strategy - Non-Federal Cooperator Committee 3:55 Closing Remarks 4:00 Adjourn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS [2nd Wednesday of alternate months] - Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM TBD Main Interior Building, Washington, DC - Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM TBD Main Interior Building, Washington, DC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: