[PCA] Additional Speaker at the May 13 PCA Meeting (Arlington, VA - 9:30am)!

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Pat Johnston, the West Eugene Wetlands Restoration Manager for BLM, has 
accepted our invitation to join us at the next Plant Conservation Alliance 
meeting (May 13, 9:30am - more details below).  She is in town to receive 
two awards for partnership work being undertaken at the West Eugene 
Wetlands (the DOI Partners in Conservation Award & the BLM National 
Volunteer Award).  Partners on this project include members of our federal 
PCA Members (BLM, FWS, and USACE), as well as a non-governmental PCA 
Cooperator (The Nature Conservancy)! 

The West Eugene Wetlands is a nearly 3,000-acre complex of wetlands and 
associated uplands located near downtown Eugene, Oregon. Since the 1990s, 
there has been an ambitious effort to conserve and restore the wetlands. 
The West Eugene Wetlands Partnership was formed in 1994 between multiple 
agencies and non-profit organizations to work together on protecting and 
restoring the wetlands, and providing outreach and education opportunities 
based upon the objectives of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. The 
Partnership also began the Ethnobotany Resource Area Project (now in its 
third year), which is an effort to reincorporate indigenous practices into 
resource management of the area.  This highly successful ecological 
restoration project is also part of the BLM-led Seeds of Success (S.O.S.) 
program, which collects, researches, and preserves germplasm for native 
plant development. 

See you there!
-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural 
resources.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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PCA MEETING LOCATION: NatureServe Headquarters, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, 
15th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209
*By Metro, take the Orange or Blue Line to Rosslyn Station. Turn right 
upon exiting the metro station and walk one block to Wilson Boulevard. 
Turn left and walk two blocks to 1101 Wilson Boulevard. 

NatureServe?s office is located in the Freedom Forum Building. From the 
main lobby, take the elevators to the ?Freedom Park and Mall? level. Walk 
around the corner to the other bank of elevators. Take these elevators to 
the 15th floor. 


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