<div dir="ltr"><div>Attached is a PDF of Beth Ginter’s presentation from Wednesday’s PCA meeting. Thank you to everyone who participated for your patience as we worked through various technical difficulties. Below are a few upcoming events and announcements from meeting attendees.</div><div> </div><div>- Earth Optimism Summit on Earth Day, April 2017: <a href="http://EarthOptimism.si.edu">EarthOptimism.si.edu</a></div><div>The purpose of this summit is to give people hope. The conference will be at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC with public events taking at Smithsonian museums on the National Mall, the National Zoo, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. There will also be satellite events and viewing parties (see website for more info)<br></div><div><br></div><div>- The 2017 Botanical Symposium (Smithsonian) theme is plant discovery and plant exploration</div><div><br></div><div>- At the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, there is a new exhibit space open for putting up educational materials about plants. Focus will be seeds. There will be a panel about the National Seed Strategy.</div><div><br></div><div>- Greg Miller is the new president of NatureServe. They will have an open house/meet-and-greet on Feb. 16 at 5:30 PM (after the Native Seed Conference) in Ballston, VA</div><div><br></div><div>- The annual NatureServe conference, Biodiversity without Boundaries 2017, will be April 9 -13 in Ottawa, Canada <a href="http://www.natureserve.org/news-events/events/biodiversity-without-boundaries-2017">http://www.natureserve.org/news-events/events/biodiversity-without-boundaries-2017</a></div><div><br></div><div>- The Future of American Ginseng and Appalachian Forest Botanicals Symposium is July 12-14 in Morgantown, WV. <a href="https://www.unitedplantsavers.org/the-future-of-ginseng-and-forest-botanicals">https://www.unitedplantsavers.org/the-future-of-ginseng-and-forest-botanicals</a></div><div><br></div><div>- Evelyn Williams is the new PCA non-federal committee coordinator at Chicago Botanic Garden! You can contact her at: <a href="mailto:info@plantconservationalliance.org">info@plantconservationalliance.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>- There are several state-level Plant Conservation Alliances (the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance has been operating for over 20 years <a href="http://www.gpca.uga.edu/">http://www.gpca.uga.edu/</a>, and now Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and other states have formed PCAs) as well as regional alliances (Center for Southeastern Conservation), forming important networks at local levels and promoting cooperative actions for plant conservation. There is also the Native Plant Conservation Campaign, a network of plant societies and other native plant conservation organizations throughout the United States <a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/">http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/</a></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Lindsey Riibe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:riibe.lindsey@gmail.com" target="_blank">riibe.lindsey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>The first Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting of 2017 is next week: Wed, January 11th from 2:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern Time.</div><div><br></div><div>There will be a presentation by Beth Ginter, Coordinator of the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program (<a href="http://cblpro.org/" target="_blank">http://cblpro.org/</a>) followed by a roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, and updates from the PCA working groups and committees.</div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached the AGENDA for this meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>To join the meeting as a WEBINAR use the following link, enter corresponding information into the required fields and use the conference phone line for audio. <i>Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference. There may be previously stored information in your computer that automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate meeting.</i></div><div><br></div><div><div>URL: <a href="http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=mymeetings&i=743158581&p=PCA2016&t=c" target="_blank">http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/<wbr>join.php?sigKey=mymeetings&i=<wbr>743158581&p=PCA2016&t=c</a></div><div>Meeting Number: 743158581 <span class="m_-7594129346568600021gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Meeting Passcode: PCA2016</div><div>Call-in Number:<span class="m_-7594129346568600021gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <a href="tel:(877)%20987-2933" value="+18779872933" target="_blank">1-877-987-2933</a><span class="m_-7594129346568600021gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Call-in Passcode: 95085</div></div><div><br></div><div>For those in the Washington, DC area, the meeting will be held at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 5071. If you would like to attend this meeting in person, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:lriibe@blm.gov" target="_blank">lriibe@blm.gov</a> by Jan. 9, 2017 so your name can be added to the list for security.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Lindsey Riibe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:riibe.lindsey@gmail.com" target="_blank">riibe.lindsey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>The next Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting (and first of the new year!) will be Wednesday January 11th, 2017 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.</div><div><br></div><div>Our guest speaker will be Beth Ginter, Lead Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) steering committee. She will talk with us about the CBLP Certification Program - a new, voluntary credential system for professionals who design, install, and maintain sustainable landscapes. The program emphasizes many watershed wide conservation practices with a focus on native plants.</div><span><div><br></div><div>Find out more about the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional certification program here: <a href="http://cblpro.org/" target="_blank">http://cblpro.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please share with anyone that may be interested in attending this meeting. As always, the PCA bi-monthly meetings are free and available remotely as a live webinar.</div><div><br></div><div>For those in the Washington, DC area, the meeting will be held at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW. If you would like to attend this meeting in person, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:lriibe@blm.gov" target="_blank">lriibe@blm.gov</a> by Jan. 9, 2017 so your name can be added to the list for security.</div><div><br></div><div>An agenda and details on accessing the webinar to come.</div><div><br></div><div>The Plant Conservation Alliance 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 the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7594129346568600021m_3344759351010288885gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Lindsey Riibe</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><br><div>Bureau of Land Management </div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca.htm" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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