[APWG] SAVE THE DATE: Plant Conservation Alliance e-Meeting, September 10, 2025, 2-4pm ET, with speakers Kapua Kawelo and Tim Chambers

[Krone, Elizabeth C]

***SAVE THE DATE***

Please RSVP to attend our fifth PCA meeting of 2025 -- held remotely and open to all – on Wednesday September 10, 2025, 2-4pm ET.

Join us in welcoming Kapua Kawelo, Natural Resource Manager, U.S. Army Garrison and Tim Chambers, Plant Program Coordinator, US Army Natural Resources Program, who will discuss “Seed Banks and Hawaiian Native Plants: Over 25 Years of Rare Plant Conservation”.

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: As the endangered species capital of the world, Hawaii has over 400 listed species, over 100 of which occur on US Army Garrison Hawaii lands (USAG-HI), the most of any Department of Defense installation nationwide. Through a cooperative agreement with the University of Hawaii, the US Army Natural Resources Program on Oahu (ANRPO) manages over 50 rare plant taxa both on and off USAG-HI lands. This presentation will highlight the evolution of both in situ and ex situ approaches to rare plant conservation at ANRPO over the last 25 plus years, the many challenges confronted, and successes achieved in stabilizing rare plant populations on Oahu. Furthermore, it will emphasize seed banking as an essential tool in Hawaiian plant conservation and the important role of partnerships and collaborations in rare plant management.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS: Kapua grew up hiking with her family and friends and these experiences fostered her love of Hawaiʻi’s forests and oceans. Kapua graduated from the University of California at Davis with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Botany. She interned with the Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi and the U.S. Geological Survey. She has worked for the Army’s Natural Resource Program on Oʻahu since 1995, first as an intern, then Federal Biologist and now as the Natural Resources Program Manager. When Kapua began working with the Natural Resource Program, she was one of only 4 staff, currently there are 50+ staff hired through a cooperative agreement with the University of Hawaiʻi. The Army’s Natural Resource Program conserves native plants, animals and habitats in the Waiʻanae and Koʻolau Mountains and helps the Army balance mission needs with environmental protection.

For Over twenty years Tim has been working to build capacity for plant conservation and ecological restoration. He started with the US Army’s Natural Resource Program on O‘ahu in 2016 as the Seed Bank Manager and currently oversees the rare plant program. Prior to joining the Army's natural resources team, Tim worked extensively in the areas of seed conservation and restoration plant material development in the Eastern United States with Seeds of Success, the MidAtlantic Regional Seed Bank and the Greenbelt Native Plant Center, New York City Parks and Recreation.

More information about the presentation can be found on our PCA Meetings page<https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings>.


*** PLEASE RSVP TO ATTEND THIS MEETING ***

RSVP by Monday, September 8, to elizabeth_krone at fws.gov

The meeting login details will be shared with all respondents via calendar invite and email by Tuesday September 9.

This meeting will be hosted using Microsoft Teams. You will be able to join the meeting from the web or via the Microsoft Teams app<https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads>.

The PCA general meetings are open to everyone and follow this format:
>Updates on PCA Activities - learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance
>Invited Speaker – a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the PCA National Framework for Progress<https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf>: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing
>Native Plants Roundtable - all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities

This meeting is brought to you by the Plant Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team — Gary Krupnick (Smithsonian Institution) / David Lincicome (Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation) / Elizabeth Krone (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) / Gina Zweng (Bureau of Land Management)



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