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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Featured speaker: Dr. Jared Margulies, Assistant Professor of Political Ecology in Department of Geography
at the University of Alabama, spoke about Illicit succulent plant trade and pathways towards sustainability. His research explores environmental inequalities, human-nature relationships, and how contemporary social issues intersect with pressing environmental
questions. The presentation described drivers and stereotypes of illegal trade in succulent plants, providing two case studies (Mexican-endemic<span> </span><i>Mammillaria bertholdii</i><span> </span>and U.S.-endemic<span> </span><i>Dudleya farinosa</i>) that
have been illegally harvested and traded to East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The presentation and contact information are available on the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">PCA
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">PCA
Cooperators</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">: We now have 399 nonfederal Cooperators, which include state agencies and private organizations interested
in native plant conservation in the United States. Cooperators are invited to attend the PCA general meetings and participate in PCA Working Groups. Cooperators also receive regular communications that allow them to participate in Non-Federal Cooperator Committee
outreach and education efforts to raise awareness about the importance of native plant conservation. </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VWtPjIeL4DgpqcsdXpxESLoUNUY01zss/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Transition
Letter</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">:<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A
number of non-federal PCA Cooperators are among those who sent a letter to the new Administration to outline need for the conservation and restoration of native plant species.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"> </span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Subnational PCAs: We are working on two projects related to sub-PCAs. </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">For the first part of this project, we are working with a small number of sub-national and taxon-based conservation alliances to inform our nationwide progress under the
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration (see below) and highlight areas where more work is needed. This work is underway and expect to finish within the next month.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"> </span></span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">The second part of this project will improve mutual awareness and create connections among the national and subnational Plant Conservation Alliances and Native Plant Conservation
Initiatives around the country to facilitate connections and idea sharing on a national scale. We hope to develop a webpage to emphasize the subnational PCAs. We’re aiming to complete this part of the project in the spring.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"> </span></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">PCA Federal MOU: The US Forest Service is the ninth agency to renew the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/PCA%20MOU%202019%208%20signed%20FULL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">PCA
interagency MOU</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">. Other agencies that have signed on include:<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of Defense, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Botanic Garden, USDA Agricultural Research Service,<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">U.S.
Fish and Wildlife<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Service</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">, U.S. Geological Survey. <br>
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<pre style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="margin:0px">·<span style="margin:0px;font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">2021 PCA Speaker Series: The full speaker schedule has been finalized and can be found on the </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">PCA meetings page</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">; a printable pdf table is available </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/sites/default/files/2021%20Dates%20%20Spkers_final%20PCA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">here</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">. Many thanks to Gary Krupnick and our organizing team for arranging a fantastic lineup on a variety of timely native plant topics. Details for the next meeting can also be found below. </span></pre>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2020-12/NationalSeedStrategy_2015-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">National
Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">: (Seed Strategy)</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Progress Report: USGS is leading development of a progress report covering 2015-2020; see the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/national-seed-strategy-progress-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Progress
Report portal</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">. A brief overview of progress will be completed soon and a full report is expected in the spring.<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">National Assessment: The Seed Strategy calls for a national assessment of seed needs and capacity to fulfill those needs across all sectors (federal, state, tribal, private
sector). The National Academies of Sciences has started the second phase of their study to<b><span> </span></b></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">An
Assessment of the Need for Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">, which to gather information that will assist organizations and agencies to identify
steps to improve the number and diversity of commercially available native plant species to use in restoration. The<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">study should be completed by August 2021.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 102, 0)">UPDATE</span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">:
The committee is seeking public comments related to challenges and potential solutions for improving our native seed supply. Please see<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9a0d6419b9b9477b83fbc46167fc779e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">the
website</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span>for details.<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Federal Implementation Working Group<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">(Co-Chair,
Lara Kobalt/BLM)</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><ul>
<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">The FIWG is an interagency team of the Plant Conservation Alliance that is facilitating federal implementation of the Seed Strategy.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Making progress on filling out the sub-groups (Assessment, Decision Tools, Research, Communications/Outreach, and Funding)</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Exploring prospects to develop a white paper on post-fire restoration.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Next meeting will be January 28, from 4-5pm; open to federal agencies</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:calibri, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"> </span></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">: The United Nations has declared 2021-2030 the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Decade
on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecological Restoration will foster a global restoration culture. The goal is to create a transformative positive impact on preventing, halting, and reversing degradation of ecosystems worldwide. They stress science-based
ecological restoration across all ecosystems. Official unveiling in early summer.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li><ul>
<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">PCA Federal committee is exploring ways to participate in the Decade.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Developing an agreement with Institute for Applied Ecology:<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">native
plant material coordination in the NM/AZ area. This is planned to be a multi-partner agreement and are letting the institute for applied ecology coordinate this with other agencies at this point.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Single repository agreement and park permit language:</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>working
though issues to promote the California Plant Rescue Project—in communications with the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Wind Cave National Park</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>completed construction of
a seed storage facility for use in a multi-park annual brome management project.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ser2021.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;background:white">SER2021</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">:
A New Global Trajectory: Catalyzing Change Through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">June 21-24, 2021</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li></ul>
<li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Smithsonian<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">Virtual Botanical Symposium:</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><span> </span>Planning
is underway by the Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Botanical Garden. This year’s theme is symbioses. Stay tuned for updates.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></li></ul>
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You can see the meetings page<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">here</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">.
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">PCA
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10, 2021, Dr. Thomas R. Easley on "Relationships, history, hip hop and forestry”. Details will be shared via the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">PCA
Discussion Lists</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span>and<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">PCA
meetings page</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></p>
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encourage PCA listserv members to post meetings, webinars, and research on the discussion lists as we continue our collaborative mission to protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and their communities are maintained, enhanced, and
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