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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The meeting was hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams and was chaired by the PCA Federal Committee Chair, Patricia De Angelis/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).</span><o:p style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: ; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </o:p><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Featured speaker: Dr. Jared Margulies, Assistant Professor of Political Ecology in Department of Geography
at the University of Alabama, spoke about Illicit succulent plant trade and pathways towards sustainability. His research explores environmental inequalities, human-nature relationships, and how contemporary social issues intersect with pressing environmental
questions. The presentation described drivers and stereotypes of illegal trade in succulent plants, providing two case studies (Mexican-endemic
<i>Mammillaria bertholdii</i> and U.S.-endemic <i>Dudleya farinosa</i>) that have been illegally harvested and traded to East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The presentation and contact information are available on the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA meetings page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">NFCC
</span></u><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">Committee Updates / Kay Havens (NFCC Chair)<o:p> </o:p></span></u></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">PCA
Cooperators</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">:
We now have 399 nonfederal Cooperators, which include state agencies and private organizations interested in native plant conservation in the United States. Cooperators are invited to attend the PCA general meetings and participate in PCA Working Groups. Cooperators
also receive regular communications that allow them to participate in Non-Federal Cooperator Committee outreach and education efforts to raise awareness about the importance of native plant conservation.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VWtPjIeL4DgpqcsdXpxESLoUNUY01zss/view"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Transition
Letter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">A number of non-federal PCA Cooperators are among those who sent
a letter to the new Administration to outline need for the conservation and restoration of native plant species.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
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PCAs: We are working on two projects related to sub-PCAs.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">For the first part of this project, we are
working with a small number of sub-national and taxon-based conservation alliances to inform our nationwide progress under the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration (see below) and highlight areas where more work is needed. This work is
underway and expect to finish within the next month.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">The second part of this project will improve
mutual awareness and create connections among the national and subnational Plant Conservation Alliances and Native Plant Conservation Initiatives around the country to facilitate connections and idea sharing on a national scale. We hope to develop a webpage
to emphasize the subnational PCAs. We’re aiming to complete this part of the project in the spring.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">Federal Committee Updates<o:p> </o:p></span></u></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">PCA Federal MOU: The US Forest Service is
the ninth agency to renew the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/PCA%20MOU%202019%208%20signed%20FULL.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA
interagency MOU</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">. Other agencies
that have signed on include: <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Botanic Garden, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Service</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">,
U.S. Geological Survey.<o:p> <br>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2020-12/NationalSeedStrategy_2015-2020.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">National
Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">:
(Seed Strategy)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Progress
Report: USGS is leading development of a progress report covering 2015-2020; see the
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Report portal</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">.
A brief overview of progress will be completed soon and a full report is expected in the spring.
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">National Assessment: The Seed Strategy calls
for a national assessment of seed needs and capacity to fulfill those needs across all sectors (federal, state, tribal, private sector). The National Academies of Sciences has started the second phase of their study to<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">An
Assessment of the Need for Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">,
which to gather information that will assist organizations and agencies to identify steps to improve the number and diversity of commercially available native plant species to use in restoration. The
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study should be completed by August 2021.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#006600;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">UPDATE</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">:
The committee is seeking public comments related to challenges and potential solutions for improving our native seed supply. Please see
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9a0d6419b9b9477b83fbc46167fc779e"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">the
website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">
for details. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Federal
Implementation Working Group </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">(Co-Chair,
Lara Kobalt/BLM)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">The
FIWG is an interagency team of the Plant Conservation Alliance that is facilitating federal implementation of the Seed Strategy.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Making
progress on filling out the sub-groups (Assessment, Decision Tools, Research, Communications/Outreach, and Funding)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Exploring
prospects to develop a white paper on post-fire restoration.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Next meeting will be January 28, from 4-5pm; open to federal agencies</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><a href="https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">: The United Nations has declared 2021-2030
the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Decade
on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecological Restoration will foster a global restoration culture. The goal is to create a transformative positive impact on preventing, halting, and reversing degradation of ecosystems worldwide. They stress science-based
ecological restoration across all ecosystems. Official unveiling in early summer.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">PCA
Federal committee is exploring ways to participate in the Decade.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Native Plants Roundtable</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">The National Park Service reported on the following:
contact greg_eckert@nps.gov for further information </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Developing an agreement with Institute for
Applied Ecology: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">native plant material
coordination in the NM/AZ area. This is planned to be a multi-partner agreement and are letting the institute for applied ecology coordinate this with other agencies at this point.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Single repository agreement and park permit
language:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white"> working though issues to promote
the California Plant Rescue Project—in communications with the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Wind Cave National Park</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">
completed construction of a seed storage facility for use in a multi-park annual brome management project.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://www.ser2021.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white">SER2021</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">:
A New Global Trajectory: Catalyzing Change Through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">June 21-24, 2021</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Smithsonian
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Virtual Botanical Symposium:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">
Planning is underway by the Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Botanical Garden. This year’s theme is symbioses. Stay tuned for updates.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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website</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">: To join as a non-federal cooperator, go
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/join-us"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.
You can see the meetings page </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA
Federal Committee Website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">: Read about the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">National
Seed Strategy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue">
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MOU</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA Discussion Lists</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">:
The PCA has several national discussion lists focused on different topics that are free to join and open to all: native plants, medicinal plants, alien plants, and restoration working group. Consider joining each list you are interested in because we generally
do not cross-post information. <span style="background:white">– learn more and subscribe
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Our weekly Friday series on all things flowers.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/page/128655947211666/search/?q=PlantID"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">#PlantID</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">,
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Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">March 10, 2021, Dr. Thomas R. Easley on
"Relationships, history, hip hop and forestry”. Details will be shared via the </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA Discussion Lists</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">
and </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">PCA meetings page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">Meanwhile, please share your native plant information!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;background:white">
We encourage PCA listserv members to post meetings, webinars, and research on the discussion lists as we continue our collaborative mission to protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and their communities are maintained, enhanced, and
restored.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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