<div dir="ltr"><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;margin:0px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.35em;color:rgb(59,59,59);border:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Releases Online Tool to Aid Native Plant Selection</span></h1></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">NatiVeg (</span><a href="http://www.quailcount.org/NatiVeg" style="font-size:13px;box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(252,252,252);text-decoration:none;border:0px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">www.quailcount.org/NatiVeg</a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(252,252,252)">) is a remote, Internet-based tool that works on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Developed by NBCI and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Information Technology Service and beta-tested by a variety of outside reviewers, NatiVeg is a database that, within the 25-state  initiative’s range </span></font><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px">(mid-west and southeast)</span><span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,252);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,"lucida grande",sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, delivers the proper native plant choices for a specific location and the user’s specific purposes, whether wildlife, forage, biomass, pollinators, critical area planting, restoration or soil conservation.</span></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br><div>National Collection Curator</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>PLANTS ARE NATURE</i></b></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank">https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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