<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hello PCA listserve members, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Sharing a summary of the main items discussed on our last PCA meeting held on <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">July 10, 2019 (3-4pm EST), which was held remotely, by phone. Please feel free to contact folks for further details, as mentioned below.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Introductions were made (see participants list below).</p>
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</span></span><b>Native Plant
Roundtable:</b></p>
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</span></span><b>Oak Conservation
Alliance</b>- Ryan Huish (from the University of Virginia's College at Wise and
the Southwest Virginia Environmental Education and Research Station (SVEERS)) announced
the creation of the Oak Conservation Alliance (OCA). The OCA is proposing to build
a diverse network of collaborators to help monitor and prevent the spread of diseases
affecting trees in the oak family, and to pool existing and future research data
together for spatial analyses, risk assessments, ecological impact studies, and
other proactive efforts to help preserve these valuable trees. They have received
a $5000 planning grant to organize the OCA and are moving forward with it now. Ryan
plans to provide more details on the PCA listserve and will include a broad invitation
to collaborate. If interested, please contact Ryan at <a href="mailto:rdh5b@uvawise.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">rdh5b@uvawise.edu</a> for more details.</p>
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</span></span><b>IUCN Seed
Conservation Group</b>- Patricia is now member. Kay and Becky are also members.
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Events</u></b><u></u></p>
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</span></span><b>North American
Congress for Conservation Biology</b>-The next meeting will be held in Denver July
26-31, 2020 <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">(</span><a href="https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccb-2020/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccb-2020/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">)</span>.
It would be great to highlight the PCA. If interested please contact Becky Hufft
(<a href="mailto:Rebecca.Hufft@botanicgardens.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Rebecca.Hufft@botanicgardens.org</a>).</p>
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</span></span><b>NatureServe’s
Biodiversity without Boundaries</b>- April 19-22, 2020 in Richmond, VA. Save the
Date; information forthcoming on <a href="http://natureserve.org">natureserve.org</a>. </p>
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</span></span><b>Trillium workshop</b>-
Fall 2019 by invitation only. Contact Anne (<a href="mailto:anne_frances@natureserve.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">anne_frances@natureserve.org</a>) if
interested. </p>
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</span></span><b>Natural Areas
Association</b> <b>Conference- </b>Will be held<b> </b>in Pittsburgh, PA in October 8-10, 2019.
Registration open and more information can be found here: <a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/current_conference_2019.php" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:blue">https://www.naturalareas.org/current_conference_2019.php</span></a></p>
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</span></span><b>2020 Southeastern
Partners in Plant Conservation- Will be held</b> March 2-6, 2020 at the Atlantic
Botanical Garden. More information can be found here: <a href="https://atlantabg.org/conservation-research/outreach-education-and-training/southeastern-partners-in-plant-conservation/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:blue">https://atlantabg.org/conservation-research/outreach-education-and-training/southeastern-partners-in-plant-conservation/</span></a></p>
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</span></span><b>Federal Committee
Update:</b></p>
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</span></span><b>Federal Committee
Meeting</b> was on June 26<sup>th</sup> with a focused on improving implementation
of the National Seed Strategy (NSS). The NSS needs to be review and revise every
5 years. Discussions on action items from the June 26<sup>th</sup> meeting will
continue at the September 11th. <b></b></p>
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</span></span><b>National Assessment
of Seed Needs and Capacity- </b>The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine has convened a new provisional committee to study our nation’s seed
supply, entitled “<i>An Assessment of Native
Seed Needs and Capacities.” </i>This study will address the first two objectives
under <a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/program_natural%20resources_seed%20strategy_quick%20link_seed%20stregy.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">the
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a>:</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Objective 1.1</i>: Assess the Seed Needs
of Federal Agencies and the Capacity of Private and Federal Producers </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Objective 1.2</i>: Assess Capacity and
Needs of Tribes, States, Private Sector Seed Producers, Nurseries, and Other Partners-
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about the National Academies assessment of the demand for and supply of native seeds
can learn more at: </span><a href="https://www8.nationalacademies.org/pa/projectview.aspx?key=51174" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">https://www8.nationalacademies.org/pa/projectview.aspx?key=51174</span></a><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)"></span></p>
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send an email to </span><a href="mailto:seedneeds@nas.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">seedneeds@nas.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)"></span></p>
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</span></span><b>Nonfederal
Committee Update:</b></p>
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</span></span><b>Botany Bill-
H.R. 1572- </b>A hearing is scheduled in the House Natural Resources Committee (Subcommittee
on Conservation and Forestry) for Thursday, July 18th. The Botany Bill promotes
botanical research & sciences capacity, generates demand for native plant materials,
& authorizes related federal activities. Be on the lookout for an email with
a letter for all endorsing organizations and individuals to sign prior to next Thursday’s
hearing.</p>
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</span></span>Anne Frances/NatureServe and Krissa Skogen/Chicago
Botanic Garden will lead an outreach effort to liaise with state-based, taxon-based,
and regional plant conservation alliances (PCAs) & native plant conservation
initiatives (NPCIs) and forge greater mutual awareness and closer ties between them
and the PCA, including possibly developing a webinar highlighting one or several
for a 2020 PCA meeting. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(83,129,53)">{</span><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">If interested in participating in a monthly call, please contact
our PCA representatives on this effort: Anne or Krissa (</span><a href="mailto:Anne_Frances@natureserve.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Anne_Frances@natureserve.org</a><span style="color:rgb(56,86,35)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">or </span><a href="mailto:kskogen@chicagobotanic.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">kskogen@chicagobotanic.org</a><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">).</span><span style="background:yellow"></span></p>
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</span></span><b>UN Decade
on Ecosystem Restoration: </b>At our May PCA meeting, it was suggested that we explore
opportunities to highlight the contributions of the National Seed Strategy as part
of U.S. efforts to contribute to the "UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration"
that will launch in 2020. An upcoming conference of the Global Landscape Forum plans
to shape the forthcoming UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The one-day event in
September 2019 will advance new action coalitions and commitments for the UN Decade
and offer a Decade-long implementation platform to nature-based solutions. <a href="https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/new-york-2019/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/new-york-2019/</a>
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attending, please contact Patricia (</span><a href="patricia_deangelis@fws.gov" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">)</span><span style="color:rgb(56,86,35)"> </span></p>
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</span></span><b>Plant Performance
Data Integration Project</b>: This endeavor will build a national plant reference
dataset to assist gardeners and landscapers across the U.S. to select the best native
plants to promote biodiversity. The idea was conceived at National Initiative for
Consumer Horticulture (NICH) annual conference June 27-29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia,
and catalyzed by at a panel discussion with the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA)
November 14, 2018, in Washington D.C. The project could inform apps and other user-friendly
tools that would help bring locally native plant options into the hands of consumers
and landscape architects! Next call is July 18<sup>th</sup> to talk about what a
business model would be. <b></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(83,129,53)">{</span><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">If interested in participating in a monthly
call, please contact our PCA representatives on this effort: Anne or Molly (</span><a href="mailto:Anne_Frances@natureserve.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Anne_Frances@natureserve.org</a><span style="color:rgb(56,86,35)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">or </span><a href="mailto:Molly_McCormick@usgs.gov" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Molly_McCormick@usgs.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">)</span><b><span style="color:rgb(56,86,35)"></span></b></p>
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</span></span><b>2020 PCA speaker
planning:</b></p>
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</span></span><b>Upcoming speakers
already planned</b></p>
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</span></span>September 11, 2019 Pollinator partnership. Speaker
will be remote. <b></b></p>
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</span></span>November 2019 Gerry Moore, USDA Plants, NRCS National
Plant Data Team<b></b></p>
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</span></span>January 2020 Kirk Davies, precision restoration techniques<b></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.25in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(83,129,53)">{</span></b><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">Seeking volunteers
to assist with 2020 speaker planning<b></b></span></p>
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for rest of 2020: March, May, July, September, November<b></b></span></p>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(83,129,53)">{</span><span style="color:rgb(83,129,53)">NEW ITEM: </span></b>Rebecca Hufft (Denver Botanic Garden) is
co-chair for the North American Congress for Conservation Biology. The next meeting
will be held in Denver July 26-31, 2020 (<a href="https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccb-2020/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccb-2020/</a>).
It would be great to highlight the PCA. If folks have an interest or ideas for how
you’d like to see it included, please let me know.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Closing remarks:</b> The
next PCA meeting will be on September 11, 2-4pm Eastern. We welcome speakers from
Pollinator Partnership who will discuss their work to develop native plant materials
for pollinators. Details will be shared over the <a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">PCA listserves</a> and posted
to the <a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">PCA meetings</a> Webpage.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Social Media
Reminders: </b><span style="color:black">Twitter @NatSeedStrategy and Facebook-@PlantConservationAlliance.
If you have an item you wish to be posted, please contact Leah or Eileen.</span><b></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kristi Allen</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PA PCA / Pennsylvania Plant Conservation
Network</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:c-krallen@pa.gov">c-krallen@pa.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Steve Blackwell</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Desert Botanical Garden</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sblackwell@dbg.org">sblackwell@dbg.org</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thomas Brumbelow</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">USFWS</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:thomas_brumbelow@fws.gov">thomas_brumbelow@fws.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Patricia De Angelis</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">USFWS</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:patricia_deangelis@fws.gov">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chris Firestone</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PA DCNR</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cfirestone@pa.gov">cfirestone@pa.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Anne Frances</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Nature Serve</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Anne_Frances@natureserve.org">Anne_Frances@natureserve.org</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kay Havens</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chicago Botanic Gardens</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:KHAVENS@chicagobotanic.org">KHAVENS@chicagobotanic.org</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ryan Hewish</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">University of Virginia</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Rdh5b@uvawise.edu">Rdh5b@uvawise.edu</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Virginia Houston</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ASTA</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Vhouston@amseed.org">Vhouston@amseed.org</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Becky Hufft</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Denver Botanic Garden</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Rebecca.Hufft@botanicgardens.org">Rebecca.Hufft@botanicgardens.org</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ray Mims</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">United States Botanic Garden</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rmims@aoc.gov">rmims@aoc.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Eileen Nakahata</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">BLM </p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:enakahata@blm.gov">enakahata@blm.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robin Schoen</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:RSchoen@nas.edu">RSchoen@nas.edu</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Michelle Turton</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">USFWS</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:michelle_turton@fws.gov">michelle_turton@fws.gov</a></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Peter Vadas</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">USDA ARS</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Peter.Vadas@ars.usda.gov">Peter.Vadas@ars.usda.gov</a></p>
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