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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">**The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, March 11th, from 2:00 - 4:00
pm ET.**</span><br>
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color:#201F1E">This month, the PCA is excited to welcome Dr. Peter Marra, Director of the Georgetown
Environmental Initiative, to present "<span>Decline of North American avifauna and the role of native plants in protecting birds.”</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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Dr. Marra will summarize the results of our recent paper on bird loss and describe several actions that are necessary for recovery including the role of native plants. Slowing the loss of biodiversity across terrestrial and marine biomes is perhaps the greatest
conservation challenge we face as environmentalists in the 21st century. Over the past 150 years, vertebrate extinctions have been driven largely by habitat loss, overharvesting and invasive species, but the pervasiveness of current avian declines suggests
multiple and interacting causes ranging from habitat loss and change to overharvesting to cat depredation, and identifying which of these factors drives population dynamics is complex and challenging.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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color:#201F1E"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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AR-SA">We
are fortunate to have Dr. Marra presenting in person at NatureServe. </span>Read more about Dr. Marra on the
<a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings">PCA Meetings page</a> (https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings)</span></p>
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color:#201F1E">***This PCA general meeting is open to everyone and follows
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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color:black">this basic format:***</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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on PCA Activities</span> <i>- learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance
</i></span></p>
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Speaker</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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<i>– a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the
</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/plants/strategy.htm"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1">PCA
National Framework for Progress</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Native
Plants Roundtable</span> <i>- all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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930, Arlington, VA 22202-3926*****</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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color:#201F1E">To Attend in Person:
<b>RSVP by March 9</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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color:#201F1E">*If you plan to attend this meeting in person, please RSVP to Anne Frances (anne_frances@natureserve.org)
<b>by March 9th</b>. NatureServe is located about 10 minutes walking distance from the Crystal City Metro. Metered street parking (2 hour limit) and garage parking ($12-$20 daily) are available but may be limited.*</span></p>
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<b>Registration requested</b></span></p>
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