[MPWG] May 11, 2016 PCA Meeting Summary

[Lindsey Riibe]

*Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting Summary*

*May 11, 2016*



L. Peter Boice, Deputy Director of Natural Resources for the Department of
Defense spoke on Plant & Pollinator Management including policy and some
specific plant and pollinator related projects; a PDF of his presentation
is attached.

·         Patricia De Angelis gave a brief update on CITES. Email
patricia_deangelis at fws.gov for more information.

·         Seeds of Success Trainings are coming up.

o   Next week, May 17 – 19 in Fort Collins, CO. Sign up via DOI Learn.

o   June 6, SOS East in NC

o   June 13, Conservation & Land Management Interns in Chicago

·         NatureServe is working on a plant prioritization project for the
North Atlantic LCC, updating global and national rankings and providing
regional rankings for rare, endangered and sensitive species.

·         Institute for Applied Ecology will be hosting the National Native
Seed Conference February 13 – 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. Updates will be
posted to the website: http://nativeseed.info/ Contact Rob Fiegener -
rob at appliedeco.orgfor more information.

·         US Fish and Wildlife Service is developing an endowment to
protect the threatened and endangered native plants of Florida – over 500
species.

·         The Center for Plant Conservation has moved its National
Headquarters to Escondido, CA to partner with San Diego Zoo Global.
Website: http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/

·         The 2016 Natural Areas Conference will be in Davis California,
October 18 – 21. Peggy Olwell will be hosting a session on Pollinators and
is looking for speakers. If you would like to present, contact Lindsey
Riibe - lriibe at blm.gov for more information. Conference website:
https://naturalareas.org/conference

·         Elizabeth Rieben is helping to develop a Communications Plan for
the National Seed Strategy. She plans to have it completed in June.

·         The IUCN World Conservation Congress will be held in Hawai’i
September 1 – 10, 2016. This is the first time it will be held in the USA
and will they be initiating a new IUCN Species Survival Commission
Specialist Group: SEED CONSERVATION! More information:
https://portals.iucn.org/congress/session/10327

o   There may be opportunities for poster presentations in the USA
Pavilion. Submissions are due in July.

o   BLM has a poster accepted on the youth and seed collecting program-
Peggy Olwell and Betsy Wooster

o   Institute for Applied Ecology will have a poster with the International
Society for Seed Science and will be promoting the National Seed Strategy –
Rob Fiegener


*Upcoming Plant Conservation Alliance Committee Meetings: *

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
TBD

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
Wesley M. Knapp, Ecologist/Botanist, Maryland Department of Natural
Resources

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
Healy Hamilton, Chief Scientist & Vice President for Conservation Science,
NatureServe

-- 
Lindsey Riibe
Conservation and Land Management Intern
Bureau of Land Management
Washington Office, DC
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