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Please Save the Date and RSVP to attend our next PCA meeting when we welcome <span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin" class="ContentPasted0">Dr. Anne Frances,</span>
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Botanist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, and Nan McCarry</span>, free-lance ethnobotanist. They will discuss “Collaborating to Conserve North American Grapes (Vitis spp.)” <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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The meeting is held remotely and open to all. More information about the presentation is available on our <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings. Click or tap if you trust this link." id="OWAd31e8a6f-b1e8-da0d-cbbd-04ffe54b5a78" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">PCA Meetings
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Monday<span style="background: white;" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">November 6</span>, 2023,
to <a href="mailto:elizabeth_krone@fws.gov" id="OWA77d9a3ac-d062-273a-035f-b6d2a53da7ea" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">elizabeth_krone@fws.gov</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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This meeting will be hosted using Microsoft Teams. You will be able to join the meeting from the web or via the <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads. Click or tap if you trust this link." id="OWAa39457cf-8d33-723b-bf60-b7973d2bbb5a" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">Microsoft
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>Updates on PCA Activities <i class="ContentPasted0">- learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance</i> <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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>Invited Speaker <i class="ContentPasted0">– a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the </i><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link." id="OWAcbd1e6c7-458e-7522-b812-4b3d10c3c05a" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0"><i>PCA National
Framework for Progress</i></a><i class="ContentPasted0">: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing</i> <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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>Native Plants Roundtable <i class="ContentPasted0">- all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</i> <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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— This meeting is brought to you by the Plant Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team— Gary Krupnick (Smithsonian Institution) / Ray Mims (U.S. Botanic Garden) / Andrea Williams (California Native Plant Society) / David Lincicome (Tennessee Department
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