[PCA] PCA Meeting Wed. July 12th

[Riibe, Lindsey]

The Plant Conservation Alliance bi-monthly meeting is this Wednesday! (8:00
am Hawai'i, 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern)

Join us for a talk on *Building Capacity and Collaboration for Effective
Plant Conservation in Hawaiʻi *by Matthew Keir, Coordinator for Laukahi:
The Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network <http://laukahi.org/>. See the
previous email for further details.

To join the live Webinar, use the link below and enter the required fields.
http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c

Meeting Number:        742990168
Meeting Passcode:     meeting
Meeting Host:             PEGGY  OLWELL

For audio call:   877-414-1336
passcode:         6177335#

*** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.
There may be previously stored information in your computer that
automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate
meeting.***


Let me know if you have any questions.


​
Lindsey Riibe
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation Program Assistant
503-808-6230

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>


On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Riibe, Lindsey <lriibe at blm.gov> wrote:

> *The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, ​July 12th​
> ​from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.*
>
> ​​We are excited to have
> ​ Matthew Keir, Coordinator for Laukahi: The Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation
> Network <http://laukahi.org/>, talk with us about this voluntary alliance
> of government agencies and other entities working to protect and preserve
> Hawaiʻi's native plants by implementing the Hawaiʻi Strategy for Plant
> Conservation.
>
> Please join us for Matthew's presentation,
> *Building Capacity and Collaboration for Effective Plant Conservation in
> Hawaiʻi*
>
> ​
> The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) holds Bi-Monthly Meetings that are an
> ​ ​
> open forum for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. Meetings
> ​ ​
> are held in Washington, DC and are available as a live webinar. There is
> ​ ​
> roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
> ​ ​
> 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.
>
> **If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend
> this meeting in person, please email Rachel Hosna (rhosna at blm.gov) by COB Friday,
> July 7th**
>
> *Join the live Webinar:*
> http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c
>
>
> Meeting Number:        742990168
> Meeting Passcode:     meeting
> Meeting Host:             PEGGY  OLWELL
>
> For audio call:   877-414-1336
> passcode:         6177335#
>
> *** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.
> There may be previously stored information in your computer that
> automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate
> meeting.***
>
> ​*More on ​Laukahi and Matthew Keir's role as coordinator:*
>
> *Hawai‘i is home to some of the most unique and diverse ecosystems on the
> planet. Yet these ecosystems are also among the most threatened of any in
> the world, with hundreds of native plant species in danger of extinction.
> Native plants and their relationships with other organisms have much to
> teach us about how life has been and should be balanced in our islands.
> Flourishing habitats for native plants protect our watersheds, which
> provide us with safe drinking water, prevent runoff from polluting our
> oceans, minimize dangerous flooding, and buffer us against harmful effects
> of climate change. Laukahi, the Hawai‘i Plant Conservation Network, is a
> self-directed, voluntary alliance of agencies, organizations and
> individuals aiming to protect Hawaiʻi’s rare and threatened native plant
> species through coordinated conservation efforts. Laukahi was created as a
> response to the urgent and growing need to address the vulnerability of
> native plant populations so vital to our health, to Hawaiian culture, and
> to the balance of life on these islands. Laukahi is administered by an
> Advisory Council, and staffed by Matthew Keir as the Network Coordinator.
> After twenty years working for an agency managing rare plants on O‘ahu,
> Matthew joined Laukahi to work on strengthen*
> *​ing **the partnerships among local conservation programs and raise
> awareness of how they contribute to global biodiversity conservation. The
> Hawai‘i Strategy for Plant Conservation describes how dozens of local
> programs, botanical gardens, seed banks, watershed partnerships work
> towards common goals and guides Laukahi’s projects. We know that working
> together will advance plant conservation faster that individual efforts can
> alone.*
>
>
> ​
>
>
>
> Lindsey Riibe
> Bureau of Land Management
> Plant Conservation Program Assistant
> 503-808-6230
>
> National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
> <https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
> Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
> Seeds of Success
> <https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
>
>
>
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