[PCA] ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUESTED: Plant Conservation Alliance E-Meeting, May 13, 2-4pm ET, with invited speaker Katrina Outland, Deputy Prosecutor in Skagit County, Washington

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Please register for our next Plant Conservation Alliance general meeting to be held remotely on Wednesday, May 13, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.



What will you learn?

This month, the PCA is pleased to welcome Deputy Prosecutor Katrina Outland in Skagit County, Washington, who will present Venus Flytraps: A Case Study for Stronger Plant Poaching Enforcement. For some plants, poaching is a leading threat to their survival. Venus flytraps are one such species—they are endemic only to one small region on the planet and serve as easy cash for poachers selling to collectors or makers of fake health tonics. But, legal protections for plants are piecemeal, and the practical difficulties of enforcing them often fail to create suitable deterrence for would-be poachers. Moreover, those cases that are enforced often target low-level poachers, furthering financial inequities that lead some of them to poach in the first place. This presentation proposes a road map, using the Venus flytrap as a case study, for both more equitable distributions of punishment and for stronger protections for plants. We will go over some examples of cases that used existing state laws and the Lacey Act to target illegal distributers of poached plants, and end with some possible ways to use that method for the Venus flytrap.



About our Speaker:

Katrina Outland became a lawyer as a second career after nearly a decade as a fisheries biologist with the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife and as a commercial fishing observer in Alaska for NOAA Fisheries. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 2018 with a focus on environmental law and is particularly interested in environmental crimes. Since then, she has been a deputy prosecutor in Skagit County, Washington where she handles the mental health commitment hearings, infractions, and some criminal misdemeanors. Her paper on plant poaching, Trapped in the Goddess's Mousetrap: Equitable Solutions for Poverty Poaching of Venus Flytraps, was published in the Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy and is available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjelp/vol8/iss2/5



***ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUESTED - Register Here!<https://natureserve.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuduygrTsrHtHhNd__d9oTFarvYp8whP6U> to attend this webinar via Zoom***



Please join on a computer or mobile device that will allow you to see the screen. You may use your computer or your phone for audio.



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



See step by step instructions for Zoom<https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/files/pca/Zoom%20Step%20by%20Step%20Instructions.pdf> and visit Zoom meeting FAQs for additional information<https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200277708-Frequently-Asked-Questions>



—The PCA general meetings are open to everyone and follow this format—

Updates on PCA Activities - learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance

Invited Speaker – a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the PCA National Framework for Progress<https://www.nps.gov/plants/strategy.htm>: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing

Native Plants Roundtable - all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities



See future and previous PCA webinars at: https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings



—This meeting is brought to you by the Plant Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team—

Patricia De Angelis / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <> Anne Frances / NatureServe <> Gary Krupnick / Smithsonian Institution <> Ray Mims / U.S. Botanic Garden <> Krissa Skogen / Chicago Botanic Garden <> Michelle Turton / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <> with special thanks to past members of the planning team, Megan Haidet / USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service and Leah Prescott / Chicago Botanic Garden.
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