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<pre style="color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the slate of speakers to be featured at our 2022 Plant Conservation Alliance bi-monthly meetings! </span></pre>
<pre style="color:rgb(32,31,30); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="margin:0px"><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">January 12: Dr. Alan Weakley, "</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; color:black"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">The Flora of the Southeastern United States: Conservation Focus Areas and Challenges"</span></span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">March 9 : Dr. Katie Heineman, "California Plant Rescue: Partnerships, Accomplishments, and Systems Necessary to its Success” </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">May 11 :</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">The Sky Island Alliance, "Sky Islands of the Desert Southwest" </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; color:black"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">July 13: Dr. Murphy Westwood, "</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">The Global Tree Assessment initiative and the State of Native US Trees" </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; color:black"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">September 14: Mr. Wesley Knapp, "Preventing Plant Extinction Events in the U.S.A. and Canada" </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; color:black"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; background:white"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0in; border:1pt none windowtext; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">November 10: Mr. Sean Sherman, "Re-establishing Native foodways" </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; color:black"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Our meetings are open to all. Reminders and details for attendance are shared over the</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blm.gov%2Fpca-discussion-lists&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7C579a383a25ed4f03ae7808d9c55a0460%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637757812677206933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4ACawZuDfmSTnZTCzy3GmE8nFGc%2F9zGoA140jYf5gqE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="dBzBry4wGi6zZZl8dJFzB+z4jbMsw2g+WmPJPCxSKrb5O7l1LXzH53m7Z8ASentY2DeIPM9Wp8kKyarpW86XY6yDZGMwmGnoXU1emSTJF1SB80WqAAlOOwf2BuJfbrvxZz+yQg5+vsRw53a5aLwR90CCzvC0YWqWaq9MvRdiFig=" title="Original URL: https://www.blm.gov/pca-discussion-lists. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">PCA discussion lists</span></a><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> (which are also open to all) </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">and the</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantconservationalliance.org%2Fmeetings&data=04%7C01%7Cmargaret_park%40fws.gov%7C579a383a25ed4f03ae7808d9c55a0460%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637757812677206933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=vw7pRxl1n8k%2Fk%2BVn67xkhDecS6%2BjOXrOE1vWwcUeWAI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="elDn+KIWn71Yo0UC2y4KR94r7kUymKOttWHG22Vrs90gw6DjN5hvbKDuk87cj2fMSR6cdrfetu7q/h75872PRkhzkeA0PAOLxzkCJd89a7mP9RzjXW+wNKDlSXHXcJoo2YhoyKnRwKvVk3HPfqGBhdrFCR0j9zzGsAtyjVIW304=" title="Original URL: http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">PCA meetings page</span></a><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">prior to each meeting. </span></div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Many thanks to Gary Krupnick and our organizing team for arranging this fantastic lineup on a variety of timely native plant topics.</span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mandie Carr, Maggie Park, Ray Mims, Krissa Skogen, Andrea Williams, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">David Lincicome</span></div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">We hope you will join us! <span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Please download the attached flyer, mark your calendars, and </span>feel free to forward this information to your colleagues and friends.</span></div></pre>
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