<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All,<span></span></span></p>
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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. Jeannette Whitton for her informative and thought provoking presentation
"What are we doing to recover plants at risk? A comparison of policies and
progress under Canada’s Species at Risk Act and the U.S. Endangered Species
Act". Information on the Whitton lab and Jeannette’s contact information
can be found <a href="https://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/jeannette-whitton">here</a>.<span></span></span></p>
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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">A few updates and announcements from the January
10<sup>th</sup> meeting:<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has unveiled a new botany lounge
with an exhibit on the National Seed Strategy. Information on this exhibit can
be found <a href="https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/the-garden-lounge-6215?width=85%25&height=85%25&iframe=true&destination=node/34386">here</a>.<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsh7XIK91uXKmHh2CbmQ36EBY2y3eNc22nIk13mz4EG_l9Lg/viewform?c=0&w=1">Native
Plant Demonstration Site Network: Survey</a>: In order to achieve objectives
set forth by the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration,
please share details regarding the demonstration of native plants at your
organization. By filling out this survey you are helping to connect land managers
by facilitating the sharing of best practice methods for the conversion of land
into native displays. The network will also be used to educate the public of
the need for native plant materials and where their use can be demonstrated. <span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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 visiting the Plant Conservation Alliance non-federal <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/">website</a>.<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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Upcoming
Events:<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Upcoming
<a href="https://tallgrassprairielcc.org/event/harvesting-native-seed-supply-landscape-scale-restoration-evaluating-risks-and-sustainable">Webinar</a></span>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 23;
11 AM ET (1 hour): HARVESTING NATIVE SEED TO SUPPLY LANDSCAPE-SCALE
RESTORATION: EVALUATING RISKS AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES presented by Justin
Meissen, Research and Restoration Program Manager, University of Northern Iowa,
Tallgrass Prairie Center. Justin will discuss the results of a series of
studies that addressed sustainable seed harvest from native prairies. Justin's
presentation will illustrate how life history traits provide a useful framework
to address the risks of seed harvest. Justin will also share best management
practices and seed harvest regimes that can provide sufficient seed supplies
for restoration while preserving the health of remnant tallgrass prairies.<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Society for Range Management’s 71st Annual Meeting, Technical Training and
Trade Show will be held Jan. 28 to Feb. 2, 2018 at the Nugget Hotel in Sparks,
Nevada. The theme for the 2018
conference is Empowerment through Applied Science. For more information click <a href="http://rangelands.org/events-abstracts/">here</a>.<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">March
6-8, 2018: The 2018 Southeast Biodiversity Conservation Forum 2018 presented by
NatureServe, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, Southern Conservation
Partners, and the North Carolina Botanical Garden. This forum will be held at North
Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC. For more information visit the
NatureServe <a href="http://www.natureserve.org/news-events/events/2018-southeast-biodiversity-conservation-forum">website</a><span></span></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum
of Natural History Department of Botany in collaboration with the United States
Botanic Garden, will be held on Friday, May 18, 2018. The Symposium will focus
on fossil lineages of plants and feature an evening reception at the US Botanic
Garden. More information and details will be sent through the listserv as they
become available.<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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">***The
next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 14,
2018, our guest speaker will be Margaret O’Gorman, President of the Wildlife
Habitat Council***<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank
you!<span></span></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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 Data Coordinator</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></div></div>
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