[PCA] September 14th PCA Meeting

[Lindsey Riibe]

The next Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting will be Wednesday, September
14, 2016 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM (ET).

We are excited to have Wesley Knapp, Western Region Ecologist/Botanist for
the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, presenting his research on
"Vascular Plant Extinction in North America, north of Mexico; what have we
lost and what can we learn?"

Check out this Washington Post Article
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2016/03/27/7a48b3a2-f069-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html>
on
Wesley's recent botanical find in Maryland!

The Plant Conservation Alliance Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum for
anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is held in
the Washington, DC metropolitan area. There is a roundtable for attendees
to share relevant events. Regular attendees include representatives from
the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating organizations; however anyone
is welcome to attend this meeting.
*Please RSVP to lriibe at blm.gov <lriibe at blm.gov> by Monday, Sept. 12 if you
would like to attend the meeting in person.*

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More about next week's presenter:
Wesley Knapp was previously with the Maryland Natural Heritage Program for
15 years. He has a B.S. from Catawba College in Environmental Sciences and
a M.S. in Plant Science, with a focus in Plant Systematics from Delaware
State University. He explores and inventories the best remaining natural
areas in western North Carolina and the eastern United States. His research
helps identify conservation targets and prioritize sites for protection,
restoration, and management. Knapp is an expert on various vascular plant
groups and has written major treatments for the Rush Family (Juncaceae) in
North America. He is a regional reviewer for the Flora of North America
Project, has described new plant species and natural communities, is lead
author of the Checklist of the Maryland Flora, and is a founding member of
the Digital Atlas of the Maryland Flora (MarylandPlantAtlas.org). In 2015
he was named a research associate at the Botanical Research Institute of
Texas. Current research interests include endemism, extinction, and
undescribed species.

-- 
Lindsey Riibe
Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation Program
Plant Conservation Alliance
<http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm>
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