<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">A friendly reminder! Serendipity vs. Strategy: National Seed Strategy is this Monday, April 10th. This presentation (given by Peggy Olwell, chair of the PCA Federal Committee) will be at the Department of the Interior, available by livestream and will be recorded and posted <span style="font-size:12.8px">to the Office of Policy Analysis website: <a href="http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar_series/video/index.cfm">http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar_series/video/index.cfm</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Office of Policy Analysis Seminar</b></div><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b><span class="gmail-il">Serendipity</span> versus Strategy: National Seed Strategy</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> <img src="cid:ii_j0awf0z80_15ad1c7fb6fd38d2" width="200" height="200" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Speaker:</b> Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Topic:</b> <span class="gmail-il">Serendipity</span> versus Strategy: National Seed Strategy</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Date:</b> <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">April 10, 2017</span></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Time:</b> <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">12:15 - 1:15 pm</span></span> (Eastern)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Place:</b> Rachel Carson Room (Basement Cafeteria of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 20240)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Webcast:</b> <a href="http://www.doi.gov/events" target="_blank">www.doi.gov/events</a> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Land managers need a strategy so they can respond quickly and with appropriate restoration resources to landscape-scale ecological changes. The National Seed Strategy fits the bill, providing a coordinated approach to stabilize, rehabilitate, and restore public and private lands in response to severe weather events such as Hurricanes Matthew and Sandy, the serious drought conditions and altered fire regimes across the country, and the fast spread of invasive species nationwide. Peggy Olwell will describe The National Seed Strategy and its framework for actively working with land managers and private industry to respond to disturbances and other stressors that threaten important native plant communities and ecosystem services in the U.S.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>To Livestream this event,</b> login to <a href="http://www.doi.gov/events" target="_blank">www.doi.gov/events</a>. Please join 5-10 minutes early to avoid technical difficulties. Login is required to ask questions. Please click “join” or “login to chat” and follow instructions. Closed captioning will be available. The recorded event will be posted to the Office of Policy Analysis website: <a href="http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar_series/video/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar<wbr>_series/video/index.cfm</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>For Interior Department Registrants Only:</b> This seminar meets one hour of Executive Education training. If you are participating to meet this training requirement, please register through DOI Learn. Direct link to registration (login required): <a href="https://gm2.geolearning.com/geonext/doi/coursesummary.CourseCatalog.geo?id=197541&selectTab=Scheduled+Classes" target="_blank">https://gm2.geolearning.com/ge<wbr>onext/doi/coursesummary.Course<wbr>Catalog.geo?id=197541&selectTa<wbr>b=Scheduled+Classes</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Please return to DOI Learn to certify that you have completed the course.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">For additional information about this event, please contact Malka Pattison at: </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:Malka_Pattison@ios.doi.gov" target="_blank">Malka_Pattison@ios.doi.gov</a> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">---</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div>Visit <a href="http://doi.gov/employees" target="_blank">doi.gov/employees</a> for employee news, resources and events. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d">Lindsey Riibe</font><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#0c343d">503-808-6230</font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 2:07 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">De Angelis, Patricia</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patricia_deangelis@fws.gov" target="_blank">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 2:12 PM<br>Subject: [PCA] WEBINAR: Serendipity versus Strategy: National Seed Strategy; April 10; 12:15-1:15pm ET<br>To: native-plants <<a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">native-plants@lists.<wbr>plantconservation.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_-7615953436863567392m_-961153972334466943gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000">SERENDIPITY VERSUS STRATEGY: NATIONAL SEED STRATEGY<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Webinar date/time: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">April 10; 12:15-1:15pm </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">ET<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Duration: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> hour<span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">What will you learn?<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Land managers need a strategy so they can respond quickly and
with appropriate restoration resources to landscape-scale ecological changes.
The National Seed Strategy fits the bill, providing a coordinated approach to
stabilize, rehabilitate, and restore public and private lands in response to
severe weather events such as Hurricanes Matthew and Sandy, the serious drought
conditions and altered fire regimes across the country, and the fast spread of
invasive species nationwide. Peggy Olwell will describe The National Seed
Strategy and its framework for actively working between land managers and
private industry to respond to disturbances and other stressors that threaten
important native plant communities and ecosystem services in the US.<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Presenter:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation Program Lead, Bureau of Land
Management<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">TO LIVESTREAM THIS EVENT
ON THE DAY OF THE WEBINAR, login to <a href="http://www.doi.gov/events" target="_blank">www.doi.gov/events</a>.
Please join 5-10 minutes early to avoid technical difficulties. Login is
required to ask questions. Please click “join” or “login to chat” and follow
instructions. Closed captioning will be available.<span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">TO ATTEND IN PERSON, go
to the Department of Interior (Main Interior Building), at 1849 C St., NW,
Washington, DC 20240. The presentation will be in the Rachel Carson Room (on
the basement level near the cafeteria).<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">**You will need to show a
valid government-issued ID to enter the Main Interior Building; you might
arrive a little early to allow time to go through Security.**<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">**NOTE: The recorded
event will be posted to the Office of Policy Analysis website:
<a href="http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar_series/video/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.doi.gov/ppa/seminar<wbr>_series/video/index.cfm</a><span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Details:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.doi.gov/events" target="_blank">www.doi.gov/events</a> <span></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Webinar presented by U.S.
Department of Interior Office of Policy Analysis</font></span><span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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