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 Conservation Alliance general meeting for the year 2020 -- held remotely and </span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;background-color:white">open
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 Wednesday, November 18, 2020, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Join
 us in welcoming</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:yellow"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Ms.
 Alyssa Samoy, Natural Resources Specialist for the Tribal Resilience Program and Chippewa Cree Tribe Member,</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:yellow"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">who
 will speak with us about native plant conservation at the Bureau of Indian Affairs</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">.</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">***PLEASE RSVP TO ATTEND THIS MEETING – SEE BELOW***</span></span><b><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black">What will you learn? </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">A brief history of the BIA and it's current organizational structure to include the Tribal Resilience Program
 (TRP). The presentation will focus on specific BIA-funded tribal projects related to native plant restoration or Tribal education.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">About our Speaker:  </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">Alyssa Samoy is an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe in Montana. She grew up on the Rocky Mountain
 front range in Arvada, Colorado, and received her undergraduate degree in Rangeland Ecology, concentration Restoration Ecology from Colorado State University. She was an intern for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) at the Branch of Forest Resources Planning,
 then later with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes learning fire fuels monitoring and timber marking and scaling, and finally spent time with the Alaska Region for research on the Carbon-Credit Market involving Alaska Native Corporations. She currently
 works as a Natural Resources Specialist for the BIA Tribal Resilience Program and is stationed on the Northern Rockies front range at the BIA Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Billings, Montana.</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><br>
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 a topical presentation to explore any of </i></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><i><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">the</span></i></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"><i> six
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 National Framework for Progress</span></i></span></a><i><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing</span></i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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 all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</i></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black">—This meeting is brought to you by the Plant Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team— </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Patricia De Angelis</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>U.S.
 Fish & Wildlife Service /</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Anne
 Frances</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>NatureServe /</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Gary
 Krupnick</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>Smithsonian Institution /</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Ray
 Mims</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>U.S. Botanic Garden /</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Krissa
 Skogen</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>Chicago Botanic Garden /</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Michelle
 Turton</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, with special thanks to past members of the planning team,</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Megan
 Haidet</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service and</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Leah
 Prescott</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><>Chicago Botanic Garden.</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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