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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Plant Conservation Alliance would like to
thank Dr. Emily Sessa for her engaging presentation on "Using community
phylogenetics to understand species distributions and responses to climate
change: an example with Florida ferns”. For those of you who were unable to
attend please feel free to email Leah Prescott (</span><a href="http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/native-plants_lists.plantconservation.org"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">lprescott at blm.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">) for a copy.<span></span></span></p>

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8^th meeting:<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Progress Report on implementation of the National Seed Strategy will be
provided to the Federal / Nonfederal Committee for review in December. Information
on the National Seed Strategy can be found at: <a href="http://pca.sites.usa.gov/national-seed-strategy">pca.sites.usa.gov/national-seed-strategy</a><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PCA members may
participate in the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture
“NIFA Listens: Investing in Science to Transform Lives”. This is an
opportunity to provide comments on priorities and opportunities in agricultural
sciences. <b>Submissions of written comments will be accepted
through Friday, December 1, 2017.</b> You will be allowed 600 words for
each question. NIFA recommends composing your answers to these questions in a
separate document before filling out the form to make sure that you remain
within the word limit. These responses should be thoughtfully constructed to
reflect your personal or organizational priorities and emerging needs and
opportunities in food and agricultural research, extension, and education.
Please find the survey here </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q6HDGC3"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q6HDGC3</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> You may also submit written comments via </span><a href="mailto:NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are interested
in presenting at a PCA meeting, or would like to suggest future speakers,
please send contact information to Leah Prescott (</span><a href="mailto:lprescott@blm.gov"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">lprescott@blm.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) as we are continuously planning future
meetings.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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Events:<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On
November 15 from 11AM-12PM ET William H. Parker from Lakehead University,
Ontario, Canada, will be presenting on the Development of Focal Point Seed
Zones for the Present and Future the ninth installment of the Eastern Seed Zone
Forum webinars. For more information please visit <a href="http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/development-of-focal-point-seed-zones-for-the-present-and-future">http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/development-of-focal-point-seed-zones-for-the-present-and-future</a>
or see previous email.<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We
encourage PCA cooperators to post meetings, webinars, and research on the PCA
listserv as we continue our collaborative mission to protect native plants by
ensuring that native plant populations and their communities are maintained,
enhanced, and restored. Listserv information can be found at <a href="https://pca.sites.usa.gov/get-involved/">https://pca.sites.usa.gov/get-involved/</a><span></span></span></p>

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next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 10,
2018, our guest speaker will be Jeannette Whitton, Director University of
British Columbia Herbarium, Canada's SARA & COSEWIC***<span></span></span></p>

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you!<span></span></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><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 style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><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" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div>
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