<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">All,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">The Plant Conservation Alliance would like to thank Dr. Dwayne Estes for his thoroughly enjoyable and informative presentation on the Southeast Grasslands Initiative and the Tennessee Plant Conservation Alliance. For those of you who were unable to attend we have a copy of his presentation; please feel free to email Leah Prescott (<a href="mailto:lprescott@blm.gov" target="_blank">lprescott@blm.gov</a>) for a copy.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">A few updates and announcements from the September 13th meeting:</p><p class="gmail-m_-473018857777073170gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size:12.8px"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Natural Areas Association is accepting article submissions for its upcoming special issue journal on land stewardship from a water resource perspective, for more information visit <a href="https://naturalareas.org/journal/#1475022093178-975b1c26-e136" target="_blank">https://naturalareas.org/<wbr>journal/#1475022093178-<wbr>975b1c26-e136</a><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">The National Seed Strategy Progress Report Team would like to remind our cooperators that input is due <b>today </b>September 15. Please refer to Evelyn William’s previous emails for more information.<br></li></ul><span style="font-size:12.8px"></span><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p class="gmail-m_-473018857777073170gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size:12.8px"></p><ul type="disc" style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px">Natural Areas Association is holding its annual conference in Fort Collins, CO October 10-12, more information found at <a href="http://naturalareasconference.org/registration" target="_blank">http://naturalareasconference.<wbr>org/registration</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px">The American Public Gardens Association, New England Wildflower Society, and US Forest Service are holding a Native Plants and Plant Conservation Symposium in Framingham, MA from October 25-27, please see <a href="https://publicgardens.org/professional-development/2017-symposia/native-plants-and-plant-conservation-symposium" target="_blank">https://publicgardens.org/<wbr>professional-development/2017-<wbr>symposia/native-plants-and-<wbr>plant-conservation-symposium</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px">National Wildlife Federation is holding its fourth biennial America’s Grasslands Conference in Fort Worth, Texas - November 14-16, 2017, for more information visit <a href="http://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Protect-Habitat/Healthy-Forests-and-Farms/Americas-Grasslands-Conference.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/<wbr>Protect-Habitat/Healthy-<wbr>Forests-and-Farms/Americas-<wbr>Grasslands-Conference.aspx</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px">For more upcoming conferences and events you can visit <a href="http://nativeseednetwork.org/events/" target="_blank">http://nativeseednetwork.org/<wbr>events/</a></li></ul><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><ul type="disc" style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:15px">If you were unable to watch the live stream of Natural Area Association’s recent webinar on the National Native Seed Strategy, "From Bird’s Eye to Grass Roots Implementing the National Seed Strategy – National, Regional, Local Perspectives", you can now stream it on NAA’s YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDeHKWWuAAU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=GDeHKWWuAAU&feature=youtu.be</a></li></ul><div><b>The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting will be held on Wednesday </b><span style="text-align:center"><b>November 8</b>, our guest speaker will be Dr. </span><span style="text-align:center">Emily Sessa from the University of Florida.</span></div><div><span style="text-align:center"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:center">Thank you!</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span></span></p>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div>
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