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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">PCA General Meeting Summary – March 10, 2021<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background:white"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">The meeting was hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams and was chaired by the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Federal Committee Chair, Patricia De Angelis/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Introductions were made. We welcomed a large number of online participants for this meeting.<span style="margin:0px"> </span> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;color:black">Featured speaker: Dr. Thomas R. Easley, Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, spoke about Relationships, History, Hip-Hop, and Forestry. Easley provided an overview
of how he uses hip-hop as a vehicle to discuss diversity in forestry, monitoring, and education, providing specific examples. Dr. Easley</span><i><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:rgb(0, 102, 0)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></i><span style="margin:0px;color:black">has
spent most of his career as a diversity professional and a forester. As a diversity professional he has focused on the recruitment, retention, and diverse talent in natural resource disciplines. As a forester he has worked with landowners and citizens on land
management and stewardship.</span><i><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:rgb(0, 102, 0)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></i><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Now as the Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion
at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, he combines his professions along with his passions of art and ministry to lead the diversity efforts in the school. See the PowerPoint and recording of the presentation. The presentation, recording,<span style="margin:0px"> <span style="margin:0px"> </span></span>and
contact information are available on the<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px">PCA meetings page</a>.</span><sup><span style="margin:0px"> </span></sup></p>
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<b><span style="margin:0px">Updates on PCA Activities </span></b></p>
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<u><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Nonfederal Cooperators Committee (NFCC)<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></u><u><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Updates / Dr. Kay Havens (Chair) </span></u></p>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">PCA
Cooperators</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">: We now have more than 400 nonfederal Cooperators (403 to be exact!), which include state agencies and private organizations interested in U.S. native
plant conservation. Cooperators also receive regular communications that allow them to participate in PCA general meetings and working groups, as well as Non-Federal Cooperator Committee outreach and education efforts to raise awareness about the importance
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<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Some of our newest cooperators include</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>the<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://tudorplace.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Tudor
Place Historic House and Garden</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">,<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://occonservation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Natural
Communities Coalition</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)">,<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.fnai.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">Florida
Natural Areas Inventory</span>,</a></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.calalive.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">California
Institute for Biodiversity</span></a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black"> </span></li></ul>
<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Welcome our new NFCC Vice-Chair, Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist for<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.natureserve.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">NatureServe</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">.
View her bio<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.natureserve.org/about-us/whos-who/key-contacts/anne-frances-phd-lead-botanist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">here</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">. </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Subnational PCAs: We have two projects related to state-, regional-, and taxon-based PCAs:<span style="margin:0px"> </span> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">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) in a report
to be released by PCA this summer.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"> </span></span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">We are compiling information on all known U.S.-based<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">state-, regional-, and taxon-based<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span>Plant
Conservation Alliances and Native Plant Conservation Initiatives to improve mutual awareness and create connections among the national and subnational . We’re aiming to complete this project in the spring, and we hope to develop a webpage to emphasize the
subnational PCAs later this year.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"> </span></span></li></ul>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Welcome our new PCA liaison to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Dr. Andrés F. Cibils! View his bio<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/staff-contact/andres-cibils" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">here</span></a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">.</span> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/docs/2020-12/NationalSeedStrategy_2015-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9" style="margin:0px">National
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<li><span style="margin:0px;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><span style="margin:0px"> </span></b></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">An
Assessment of the Need for Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;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<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">study should be completed by August 2021 . The committee is seeking public comments related
to challenges and potential solutions for improving our native seed supply. Please see<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9a0d6419b9b9477b83fbc46167fc779e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext">the
website</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>for details.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
<pre style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px">o<span style="margin:0px;font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Public meeting 4</span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">: Feb. 22; an informal discussion with representatives from The Nature Conservancy (TNC): https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/02-22-2021/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities-meeting-4 </span></pre>
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<pre style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px">o<span style="margin:0px;font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Public meeting 7</span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> scheduled for March 31 from 1-2:30 ET: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/03-31-2021/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities-meeting-7 </span> </pre>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">The FIWG is an interagency team of the Plant Conservation Alliance that is facilitating federal implementation of the Seed Strategy across federal agencies. They have been making
progress establishing subgroups on Assessment, Decision Tools, Research, Communications/Outreach, and Funding. Subgroups have started focusing on specific tasks, such as exploring prospects to develop a white paper on post-fire restoration.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">United Nations has declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Official launch is in June.<span style="margin:0px"> </span> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Beware! Poachers are using iNaturalist to mine locality data to find rare species (recent incidents occurred in South Africa but could happen anywhere). Involves information from conservation assessments
where locality data is made available in the process of assessing the status of the species. Some scientists and conservation agencies are working with iNaturalist to identify species for which locality data should not be made publicly available.</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px"><a href="http://www.ser2021.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="16" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;background:white">SER2021</span></a><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">:
A New Global Trajectory: Catalyzing Change Through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (June 21-24, 2021)</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">US National Seed Strategy: First 5 years and what the future holds</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Goal 1: Assessment:<span style="margin:0px"> <span style="margin:0px"> </span></span>Kayri Havens, Chicago Botanic Garden<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Goal 2: Seed Research: Lesley DeFalco, U.S. Geological Survey<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Goal 3: Decision Tools for Managers: Vicky Erickson, USDA Forest Service<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Goal 4: Communications: Patricia De Angelis, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Case Study: Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank: Ed Toth, New York City Parks & Recreation<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Future: Moving Forward: Peggy Olwell, Bureau of Land Management<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">The True Green Infrastructure: Model to Develop Native Plant Materials from Wildland Seed to Restoration: Globally, our ability to restore resilient ecosystems depends on national programs that develop commercially available,
locally adapted native plant materials/seed; this symposium will explore the program as a model for others and discuss the need to expand efforts and partners to meet the significantly increasing demand for restoring resilient ecosystems.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Seeds of Success: A Conservation and Restoration Investment in the Future of US Lands:</span><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Sarah
Barga, USDA Forest Service</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Restoration Plant Material Development in the Great Basin Region of the United States– A History and Comparison of Research and Approaches: Francis Kilkenny, USDA Forest Service</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Ecological versus agricultural paradigms in native seed production: Jerry Benson, BFI, Native Seed Inc.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Native Seed Production Tools to Procure, Increase and Distribute Source Identified Seed via Seed Transfer Zones at an Ecoregional Scale in the Western, U.S.: Anne Halford, Bureau of Land Management</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Resiliency and Regulation: Creative Native Plant Revegetation: Lynda Moore, USDA Forest Service</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Metrics for Seeding Success Revealed from Intensive Monitoring of the 2015 Soda Megafire: Matt Germino, US Geological Survey</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
<li><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Molly McCormick is submitting a poster on the National Seed Strategy Progress Report and is also leading the submission of an article on the Native Plants Development Process.</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">The PCA will have an exhibit booth and we are excited to develop outreach material for that.</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></li></ul>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="17" style="margin:0px">PCA Nonfederal
Cooperators website</a>: To join as a non-federal cooperator, go<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/join-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="18" style="margin:0px">here</a>.
You can see the meetings page<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="19" style="margin:0px">here</a>.<span style="margin:0px"> </span> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="20" style="margin:0px">PCA
Federal Committee Website</a>: Read about the <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="21" style="margin:0px">National
Seed Strategy</a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:blue"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">and the <a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/PCA%20MOU%202019.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="22" style="margin:0px">current
MOU</a>. </span></p>
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<a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="23" style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">PCADiscussion Lists</a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">:
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, because we generally
do not cross-post information.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">– learn more and subscribe </span><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="24" style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px">here</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<li><span style="margin:0px">#BotanicMonday: Our weekly series on Botanic Gardens and Arboreta </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px">#GoodNewsTues: We’re starting a new series on Tuesdays where we post about good news in plant conservation.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px">#WildflowerWednesday: Our weekly series on wildflower identification and facts</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px">#FloraFriday: Our weekly Friday series on all things flowers.</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px">#PlantID, #PlantFacts, #SeedNeeds, #SeedsofSuccess, #EcologicalRestoration, #NationalSeedStrategy, #NativeSeedStandards, #RestorationEcology, #NativePlants, #BotanicalGarden, #Arboretum, #NativeSeed</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SeedNeeds%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="27" style="margin:0px">#SeedNeeds</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SeedsofSuccess%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="28" style="margin:0px">#SeedsofSuccess</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23EcologicalRestoration%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="29" style="margin:0px">#EcologicalRestoration</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NationalSeedStrategy%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="30" style="margin:0px">#NationalSeedStrategy</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nativeseedstandards%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typeahead_click" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="31" style="margin:0px">#NativeSeedStandards</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23restorationecology%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="32" style="margin:0px">#RestorationEcology</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nativeplants%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="33" style="margin:0px">#NativePlants</a>,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nativeseed%20(from%3Anatseedstrategy)&src=typed_query" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="34" style="margin:0px">#NativeSeed</a></span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black">Next Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting:<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;color:black">May 12, 2021, with Dr. Brian Irish, Geneticist and Dr. Stephanie
Greene, Supervisory Plant Physiologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service on " ARS role in native plant germplasm conservation.”<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext"><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span>Details will be shared
via the<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/site-page/pca-discussion-lists-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="35" style="margin:0px">PCA Discussion
Lists</a><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>and<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="36" style="margin:0px">PCA
meetings page</a><span style="margin:0px;color:black">.</span><span style="margin:0px;background:white"> </span></span></p>
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<b><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white">Meanwhile, please share your native plant information!</span></b><span style="margin:0px;color:black;background:white"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>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="margin:0px"> </span></p>
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