[PCA] PCA: Afternoon Bimonthly Meeting/Webinar for May 14, 2014 (Arlington, VA)

[Kwong, Olivia]

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting or join in
remotely via webinar (instructions at the bottom of this message).
Our speaker will be Vivian Negron-Ortiz from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service who will be speaking about a paper she recently had published
in Biological Conservation on plant conservation and ESA expenditures.
This message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.

Olivia Kwong
CPC/PCA
http://www.blm.gov/pca

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is
held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past
meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html
.

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PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                   Wednesday, May 14, 2014
                              2:00 - 4:00 PM

               LOCATION: Conference Room at NatureServe
                         4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor
                         Arlington, VA 22203

(Take the Orange Line to the Ballston Metro Station. From the Ballston
Station, go west on North Fairfax Drive.  Pass the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service building on the right.  Cross N. Glebe Road.  Turn left into the
entrance for the Holiday Inn Express.  NatureServe is in the white brick
building behind the Holiday Inn.  Take the elevator to the 7th Floor.
NatureServe has some vouchers available for 90 minutes of parking, if
needed.)

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              AGENDA

              2:00 Introductions

              2:05 Vivian Negron-Ortiz (Botanist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service)
                     - Plant Conservation under the Endangered Species Act:
                     Expenditures and Strategy


              3:00 Announcements/Communications
              3:20 Updates on Activities
                   - Alien Plant Working Group
                   - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                   - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group &
                     Seeds of Success
                   - Restoration Working Group
                   - Memorandum of Understanding
                   - Non-Governmental Organization Committee
              3:55 Closing Remarks
              4:00 Adjourn

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                          UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                      [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

                - Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  Dr. Mary A. McKenna (Howard University) - TBA
                  NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

                - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBD
                  NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

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Plant Conservation Alliance
Join us for a Webinar on May 14
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/221290142

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is held
every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting.

Title: Plant Conservation Alliance
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows(R) 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Mac(R)-based attendees
Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.6 or newer
Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone(R), iPad(R), Android(tm) phone or Android tablet
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