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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">We hope you will join us in welcoming our featured
speakers, </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Brian Irish and Dr. Stephanie Greene, </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">to
present a discussion on</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ARS National
Plant Germplasm System’s (NPGS) Role in Native Plant Conservation. Please RSVP by Friday, May 7, 2021, by emailing margaret_park@fws.gov. </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">We
especially think collaborators and members of the public involved in native plant work will be excited to learn about this webinar.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">**See agenda below. See the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantconservationalliance.org%2Fmeetings&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7C944e94d85b22417b987108d91088d949%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637559002231237579%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YUyy5wEllOw6%2BojprFQ5HeGHEnuQK43uDpzmy41TSyk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" shash="lS/xwxca6gGoqh9cq94wzMlcYEqFQT4PQAri+v9+PBdWFCEV0B0yx6+E8E01KQ1SZHqwWnsdosD/RkHnZfw/X6+l5AXu9gFqCK2dySr1EnaY0NzABUaT7bB8sj3bdq5lPeApPBeud55YXzKA4IWch0tl3N/PDJvmCOei+ysZOZ8=" title="" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">PCA
Meetings</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> page for speaker details and presentation overview.**</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3:30 Native Plant Roundtable for Participant Announcements/Communications</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3:50 Closing Remarks</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">4:00 Adjourn</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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