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<p class="xmsonormal">Hello PCA listserve members! I would like to ask other states with plant programs the following questions:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">(1) does their state legally-list plants as RTE species, and if so,
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<p class="xmsonormal">(2) what mechanism they use to list them? (For example, do they house the list of RTE plants in a regulation, law, code, etc., or does a reg/law/code point to a list housed elsewhere like a website?)
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i>Background</i>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">PA maintains a list of RTE plant species in Pennsylvania, but it is an arduous task to update the list. An Act (the
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legis.state.pa.us%2FWU01%2FLI%2FLI%2FUS%2FHTM%2F1982%2F0%2F0170..HTM&data=04%7C01%7Crebbowen%40pa.gov%7C819abde73a844978579708d972e87c2a%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C0%7C0%7C637667168141393690%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=hoywfEa2lWVPIBh4MJIwU%2FBArWMLZEKX9xfMqjI5Xaw%3D&reserved=0">
Wild Resource Conservation Act</a>) gives my agency (<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcnr.pa.gov%2FConservation%2FWildPlants%2FRareThreatenedAndEndangeredPlants%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&data=04%7C01%7Crebbowen%40pa.gov%7C819abde73a844978579708d972e87c2a%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C0%7C0%7C637667168141393690%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=ZZ2fxO4OtDBGd5KKFijMkKL0OaVB%2FU3E6EJJRwbLg0c%3D&reserved=0">Dept.
of Conservation and Natural Resources</a>) the jurisdictional authority to list plants. A regulation (<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacodeandbulletin.gov%2FDisplay%2Fpacode%3Ffile%3D%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F017%2Fchapter45%2Fchap45toc.html%26d%3D&data=04%7C01%7Crebbowen%40pa.gov%7C819abde73a844978579708d972e87c2a%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C0%7C0%7C637667168141403646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=1%2FAa1CEY1B39gHEtXNZbZDLpHpeQfD2EW8cYvHSc%2FnE%3D&reserved=0">Conservation
of Native Wild Plants</a>) houses the actual lists of legally-classified plants. We have updated this list only a few times since its inception in the 1980s and it is in need of updating. Our current legal guides are questioning whether the list should be
in the regulation, stating that a regulation is not intended to be updated frequently, or not at all. They are suggesting we look into moving the list outside of the regulation. We were concerned that if we removed the list of classified plans from the regulation
we would be weakening the “teeth” we have regarding enforcement (which isn’t much to begin with). We definitely want to make it easier for us to update the list and make it accurate but we worry that it would give less protection to plants.
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<p class="xmsonormal">I’m curious what other states do? Thanks!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Rebecca H. Bowen |
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Division Chief<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Conservation Science and Ecological Resources</span><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">PA DCNR, Bureau of Forestry</span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Rachel Carson State Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">400 Market Street, 6<sup>th</sup> Floor | Harrisburg, PA 17101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy">Phone: 717-772-0258 | Cell: 717-941-0118 | Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000099">
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:rebbowen@pa.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">rebbowen@pa.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000099"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#C69200"><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/"><span style="color:#C69200">www.dcnr.state.pa.us</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D">
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