[PCA] Fwd: PCA Meeting: 8 March 2017

[Lindsey Riibe]

The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, March 8th
from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.

We are excited to have Dr. Jennifer Cruse-Sanders, recipient of the Botanic
Gardens Conservation International 2016 Marsh Award for International Plant
Conservation <https://www.bgci.org/news-and-events/news/1378/> and the
Natural Areas Association 2016 Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award
<http://naturalareasconference.org/awards> talk with us about plant
conservation work and partnerships in the Southeastern US.

*Join the live WEBINAR:*
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3158581&p=PCA2016&t=c
Meeting Number:   743158581 Meeting Passcode:   PCA2016
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There may be previously stored information in your computer that
automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate
meeting.*

*If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend this
meeting in person, please email lriibe at blm.gov <lriibe at blm.gov> by COB
today (Monday 3/6)!*

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
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.

*UPCOMING PCA MEETINGS*

May 10, 2017: TBD

July 12, 2017: Matthew Keir, Coordinator for Laukahi: The Hawaiʻi Plant
Conservation Network

September 13, 2017: Dwayne Estes, Director of the Southeastern Grasslands
Initiative & Tennessee PCA





On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Lindsey Riibe <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting will be March 8th, 2017 from
> 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.*
>
> Our guest speaker will be Dr. Jennifer Cruse-Sanders, Director of the
> State Botanical Garden of Georgia. She will talk with us about plant
> conservation work and partnerships in the Southeastern US - *More than
> just a pretty place: How botanic gardens and their partners are conserving
> rare plants across the Southeastern U.S.*
>
> Please share this meeting announcement with anyone that may be interested
> in seeing the presentation. As always, the PCA bi-monthly meetings are free
> and available remotely as a live webinar.
>
> For those in the Washington, DC area, the meetings are held at the
> Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW. If you would like to attend
> this meeting in person, please RSVP to lriibe at blm.gov by March 6, 2017 so
> your name can be added to the list for security.
>
> *More about Jennifer Cruse-Sanders*
> Dr. Jennifer Cruse-Sanders is the Director of the State Botanical Garden
> of Georgia at the University of Georgia, home to diverse plant collections,
> impactful education programs, the Mimsie Lanier Center for Native Plant
> Studies, and a founding member of the award winning Georgia Plant
> Conservation Alliance. Until 2017 she served as the Vice President for
> Science and Conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden where she launched
> the Center for Southeastern Conservation and helped to host the inaugural
> Southeastern Partners in Plant Conservation meeting with the US Fish and
> Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, National Wildlife Refuge
> Association, Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and Georgia Department of
> Natural Resources. A recipient of the 2016 Marsh Award for International
> Plant Conservation from Botanic Garden Conservation International, the 2016
> Carl N. Becker Stewardship Award from the Natural Areas Association and the
> 2015 USDA Forest Service Wings Across the Americas International Award for
> Urban Communities in Conservation, Cruse-Sanders has published numerous
> conservation articles with collaborators and students at botanical gardens
> and universities.
>
> State Botanical Garden of Georgia <http://botgarden.uga.edu/>
>
>
> <http://atlantabg.org/learn/conservation-efforts#section-center-for-southeastern-conservation>
> Center for Southeastern Conservation
> <http://atlantabg.org/learn/conservation-efforts#section-center-for-southeastern-conservation>
>
> Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance
> <http://botgarden.uga.edu/conserve/details1.php?program=GPCA#Gallerygepsn.html>
>
> --
> Lindsey Riibe
> Plant Conservation Program Assistant
> Bureau of Land Management
> Seeds of Success
> <https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
> Plant Conservation Alliance
> <http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm>
>
>


-- 
Lindsey Riibe
Plant Conservation Program Assistant
Bureau of Land Management
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
Plant Conservation Alliance
<http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm>
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