<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">FEATURED SPEAKER:<br></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mary McKenna is an ecologist in the Department of Biology at Howard University. She studies the ecology of plants that evolve in unusual edaphic environments (particularly Ni-hyperaccumulators), and the above- and below-ground interactions that influence nodulation in legumes. She has been the </font>Chair of the Science and Education Coordination Committee for the National Ecological Observatory Network, Mid-Atlantic Domain since 2009 and the Ecological Society of America Representative on the American Institute of Biological Sciences Council since 1998.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NOTICE:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We have changed the meeting location to the Department of Interior's Main Interior Building in Washington, DC. This requires going through security as all adults are required to present a photo ID to enter the building, as well as undergoing bag and parcel checks. You will need to arrive by 1:45 pm at the E Street entrance to be met and allowed into the building for the meeting. Please see the full directions for attending the meeting included in the agenda below. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting or join in remotely via <span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">webinar</span> (instructions are included in the agenda below). This message has been cross-posted to all the <span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">PCA</span> discussion lists.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Olivia Kwong</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CPC/<span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">PCA</span></div><div style><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://www.blm.gov/pca">http://www.blm.gov/pca</a></u></font><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Plant Conservation Alliance (<span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">PCA</span>) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is a roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from each of the <span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">PCA </span>working groups and committees. Regular attendees include representatives from Federal agencies and from Cooperating organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at <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/<span class="" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:rgb(255,255,204)">pca</span>/announce.html</a>.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Wednesday, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">November 12</span>, 2014</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 2:00 - 4:00 PM</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">LOCATION: Room 5071 at the Main Interior Building</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 1849 C St. NW</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Washington, DC 20240</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Take the Orange Line to the Farragut West Metro Station. Go out the 18th Street exit and walk south towards Constitution Avenue. The entrance to the Department of Interior Main Interior Building is 5 blocks south on <b>E Street between 18th and 19th Streets</b>. All adults are required to present a photo ID to enter the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building. All visitors will be subject to security screenings, including bag and parcel checks. You will need to arrive by 1:45 pm at the E Street entrance to be met and allowed into the building for the meeting. If you arrive late, you can try texting or calling Peggy Olwell at (202) 494-0924. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="" style="background:rgb(255,255,204)">WEBINAR</span>:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>1. Go to <a href="https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.php?MTID=m11bf7c7c4c2245e7907668126e0b286c">https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.php?MTID=m11bf7c7c4c2245e7907668126e0b286c</a> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. If requested, enter your name and email address. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: plant </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">4. Click "Join". </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">5. For the audio portion, call 866-815-0314 and the participant passcode is 6899235#</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> AGENDA</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 2:00 Introductions</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 2:05 Dr. Mary A. McKenna (Howard University) – The Ecology of Nickel Accumulation in Mediterranean Serpentine Plant Species</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 3:00 Announcements/Communications</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 3:20 Updates on Activities</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Medicinal Plant Working Group</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group & Seeds of Success</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Interagency Seed Strategy</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Non-Federal Cooperator Committee</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 3:55 Closing Remarks</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 4:00 Adjourn</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div> - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div><div> TBD</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Main Interior Building, Washington, DC</span></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> TBD</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Main Interior Building, Washington, DC</span><br></div>
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