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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">VIRTUAL MEETING: An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and Capacities Public Meeting #7</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Date/time:</span></b><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday,
March 31, 2021; 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET</span><span class="eop"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Description:
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The public is invited to join the Committee on An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and Capacities on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from 1 - 2 pm EDT as it hears
from John Englert of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). John will provide a high-level overview of NRCS conservation programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) among others
and explain the agency’s recent reorganization of the native seed component of its cost-share for conservation practices implemented by private landowners as well as how the agency develops technical specifications for vegetative conservation practices. As
the National Program Leaders for NRCS’ 25 Plant Materials Centers, John will also speak to the current directions of the Centers’ work in supporting the use of native seeds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Speaker:
</span></b><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">John Englert, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/03-31-2021/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities-meeting-7">
https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/03-31-2021/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities-meeting-7</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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