<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>The Smithsonian is having technical difficulties with the new Q?rius Theater, so our meeting will be taking place in the Executive Conference Room instead. I am pasting the updated meeting announcement below with the directions. There will also be signs at the Museum notifying people of the room change.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately we were unable to get webinar access for the meeting, but our March meeting at the regular location at NatureServe will have webinar access. The speaker for the March meeting will be Aviva Glaser of the National Wildlife Federation who will talk about the Farm Bill's Conservation Reserve Program and native plants.<br>
</div><div><br clear="all"><div><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Olivia Kwong<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
CPC/PCA<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.nps.gov/plants/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:okwong@blm.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">okwong@blm.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">202-912-7232</p></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bimonthly Meeting is an open forum</div>
<div>for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is</div><div>held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is</div><div>roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from</div>
<div>each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include</div><div>representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating</div><div>organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past</div>
<div>meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at</div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html" target="_blank">http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html</a></div>
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<div><br></div><div> PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div> Wednesday, January 8, 2014</div>
<div> 2:00 - 4:00 PM</div><div><br></div><div>LOCATION: Executive Conference Room, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History<br></div><div> 1000 Constitution Ave. NW</div>
<div> Washington, DC 20004</div>
<div><br></div><div>Take the Orange or Blue Line to the Smithsonian Metro Station. From the Smithsonian Metro Station, walk across the National Mall to the building with the round dome housing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The Executive Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the museum (above the IMAX theater). To get to Executive Conference Room, you take the elevators outside the public cafeteria to the 4th floor. There will be signs posted about the room change as well. There is no public parking facility at the Smithsonian on the National Mall; on-street parking is limited and posted times are enforced. There are commercial parking lots and garages located within several blocks of the museums.<br>
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<div><div> 2:25 Updates on Activities</div><div> - Alien Plant Working Group</div><div> - Medicinal Plant Working Group</div><div> - Native Plant Materials Working Group & Seeds of Success</div>
<div> - Public Outreach Working Group</div><div> - Restoration Working Group</div><div> - MOU</div><div> - NGO Committee</div></div><div><br></div><div>
3:00 How Do Botanical Collections Advance Conservation Action?</div><div> Speakers: Peggy Olwell (Bureau of Land Management), Gary</div><div> Krupnick (Smithsonian Institution), Megan Haidet (Seeds of </div>
<div> Success), Tom Kaye (Institute for Applied Ecology)</div><div><br></div><div> 3:55 Closing Remarks</div><div> 4:00 Adjourn</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div> UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS</div><div> [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]</div><div><br></div><div> - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div>
<div> TBA - Aviva Glaser (National Wildlife Federation)</div><div> NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA<br></div><div><br></div><div> - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div>
<div> TBA</div><div>
NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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