<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Dear Plant Conservation Alliance,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">During the National Seed Conference in Feburary 2017 several Task Forces were formed. One Task Force is focused on <span class="m_-6068858472972886559gmail-il">Training</span> <span class="m_-6068858472972886559gmail-il">Tools for Practitioners, Producers, and Stakeholders on the Use of Native Seed.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Taken from the non-federal Plant Conservation Alliance <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" target="_blank">website</a>:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.6px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Does your organization produce training tools for practitioners on the use of native plants for restoration? The National Seed Strategy Task Force on Training Tools is soliciting information on all training tools used in the United States in 2017 – make sure yours are included by <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/files/pca/TrainingToolsSpreadsheet.xlsx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">downloading this spreadsheet</a>, adding your details to it, and <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">sending a copy (using subject line "Training Tools Input") to <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=gfuller@tnc.org&su=NSS%20Training%20Tools%20For%20Practitioners%20Request%20for%20Information" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">gfuller 'at' tnc.org</a> by COB January 31st</strong>. Instructions on how to fill out the spreadsheet can be found <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/files/pca/TRAINING%20TOOLS%20FOR%20PRACTITIONERS.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(102,102,102)" target="_blank">here</a>. If you held several training sessions or webinars, you can either provide a link to your organization's website or fill in details for your top 5 training tools.</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.6px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Note: Results of this request for information will be used to identify needs in training tools for practitioners, and will be used in a short report and as a source for producing a training list for the next National Native Seed Conference and other appropriate meetings.</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.6px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you</span></span></p></div>-- <br><div class="m_-6068858472972886559gmail_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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