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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This effort is being led by the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and seems to be both successful and growing. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://gcpolcc.org/profiles/blogs/a-growing-plant-conservation-network-in-the-southeast">http://gcpolcc.org/profiles/blogs/a-growing-plant-conservation-network-in-the-southeast</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:green'><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php"><span style='color:green'>Native Plant Conservation Campaign</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:green'><a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org"><span style='color:green'>emilyr@plantsocieties.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>415 531 4439</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PMB 151 - 1459 18th St. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>San Francisco, CA 94107</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><i><span style='color:green'>The mission of the Native Plant Conversation Campaign is to promote the conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration, research, education, and advocacy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;background:white'>“Without plants, there is no life. The functioning of the planet, and our survival, depends upon plants.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:green'><a href="https://www.cbd.int/gspc/default.shtml"><span style='color:green'>Global Strategy for Plant Conservation </span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:green'>Convention on Biological Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#009900'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B050'><a href="mailto:info@plantsocieties.org?subject=Sign%20me%20up%20for%20NPCC%20News"><span style='color:#00B050'>Sign up for NPCC News</span></a>! </span></b><span style='color:#00CC00'> </span><span style='color:#00B050'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/plantsocieties"><span style='color:#00B050;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image003.png@01D26C17.74485230" alt="cid:image006.png@01D18F6E.0C8A9BC0"></span><span style='color:#00B050'> <b>Like us on Facebook!</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>