<div dir="ltr">Hi again! <div><br></div><div>I got some really great info from a variety of folks on this list - thanks again! <div><br></div><div>A few folks asked me to share the info back out. This listserve doesn't support a large number of attachments, so attached is a screen shot of the publications that folks suggested to me and below are links to a few of them. </div><div><br></div><div>I also learned some new terms (at least, new to me):
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">“Ecological Restoration Economy” or “Rural Restoration Economy”<span> </span></span>
</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">These terms rightly encompass more than just the value of jobs or growers, or the supply chain or sales, but also the<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">restoration</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>ecologists, equipment operators, field workers, monitoring, seed labs, researchers, seed co-ops, etc.</span>
<br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Some links: </div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2016/1016/ofr20161016.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white">Estimating economic impact from
ecological </span><span class="gmail-il"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white;text-decoration:none">restoration</span></span></a><span style="background:white"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Defining and evaluating the ecological restoration economy</span></u><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0128339" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;color:blue"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Estimating the size
and impact of the ecological restoration economy</span></a><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/ecological-restoration-25-billion-industry-generates-220000-jobs/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;color:blue"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ecological Restoration is $25bill industry that
generates 220k jobs</span></a><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/np/eco-services-summary-ma-der.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size:12pt;color:blue"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Estimates of Ecosystem
Service values from Ecological Restoration projects in Massachusetts</span></a><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="background:white"><span> </span></span></p>
<br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><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"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Patricia S. De
Angelis, Ph.D.</span><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Botanist<font color="#000000">, </font></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Division of Scientific Authority</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">US Fish
& Wildlife Service</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">5275 Leesburg Pike,
MS: IA</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Falls Church, VA
22041-3803</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">703-358-1708 x 1753</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">703-358-2276 (FAX)</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Let’s put the right seed, in the right place, at the right
time! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">-</span><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</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 12:17 PM, De Angelis, Patricia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patricia_deangelis@fws.gov" target="_blank">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</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>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Have there been any nationwide efforts to determine the monetary value of the native plant industry? </div><div><br></div><div>How about any national / statewide statistics or other information to inform how many jobs are involved in researching, growing-out, and bulking up of native plants (esp for restoration purposes)? </div><div><br></div><div>Appreciate your suggestions. Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="m_-7662830964742848110gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><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"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Patricia S. De
Angelis, Ph.D.</span><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Botanist<font color="#000000">, </font></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Division of Scientific Authority</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">US Fish
& Wildlife Service</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">5275 Leesburg Pike,
MS: IA</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Falls Church, VA
22041-3803</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">703-358-1708 x 1753</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">703-358-2276 (FAX)</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Let’s put the right seed, in the right place, at the right
time! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">-</span><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</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>