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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk84925846">Just a reminder about Monday’s webinar on the National Seed Strategy. The virtual event is
<u>free</u> and <u>open to the public</u>. <u>No registration</u> is required (unless you are a Department of the Interior employee seeking training credits).</a> See details below. Hope you all can make it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Interior’s Office of Policy Analysis Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Seeding the Future: Restoring Native Plant Communities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="214" height="146" style="width:2.225in;height:1.525in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D83549.656B86A0"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Carrizo Plain National Monument during the 2017 superbloom. Photo by Bob Wick/BLM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Speaker:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Peggy Olwell, Program Lead, BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topic:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Seeding the Future: Restoring Native Plant Communities<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> March 14, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Time:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12:15-1:15 pm (Eastern)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Webcast Only:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjE1NGQ4NWQtZjZiMS00ZWExLWFhM2EtNDdmOWQ1OGNjZWYz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a6053f5e-3bdf-42c5-8392-af2e59e9bfd5%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Microsoft
Teams Live Event</span></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (<a name="_Hlk47940822">You can also use this link to access the recorded seminar after the event.)<o:p></o:p></a></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk47940822"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Closed captioning (CC) is available.</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk47940822"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
C</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk47940822"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">lick the CC button on the Teams viewer.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">Learn how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other members of the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) are working
to restore healthy, biodiverse, and resilient ecosystems. The PCA is a public-private coalition of about 15 Federal agencies and more than 400 non-federal cooperators. In 2015, the PCA developed the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
to increase the availability of locally adapted native seed for restoration. PCA members and partners have made significant progress implementing the National Seed Strategy during its first five years, but our work has only begun. To truly “seed” the future,
we need to develop national policy on native seed development and use, build botanical and ecological expertise throughout the land managing agencies, and develop a National Seed and Restoration Center for cross-institutional coordination and implementation.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To view</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b>the Live Event, </b>please click on the link above. Join 5-10 minutes early to avoid technical difficulties.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">To view the recorded event,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">click on the link above (following the event).</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The public is welcome
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">to join the Microsoft Live (or recorded) Teams Event.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Interior Department employees seeking training credits:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">This seminar meets one hour of Executive Education training. To document your attendance,
</span><a href="https://doitalent.ibc.doi.gov/course/view.php?id=19000"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">preregister
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">via DOI Talent</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white">. Be sure to return to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">DOI Talent</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222;background:white"> to mark yourself complete following the
seminar. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For additional information about this event,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> please contact
</span><a href="mailto:malka_pattison@ios.doi.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">malka_pattison@ios.doi.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>**Full URLs from embedded hyperlinks above:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Microsoft Teams Live Event: <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjE1NGQ4NWQtZjZiMS00ZWExLWFhM2EtNDdmOWQ1OGNjZWYz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a6053f5e-3bdf-42c5-8392-af2e59e9bfd5%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a">
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjE1NGQ4NWQtZjZiMS00ZWExLWFhM2EtNDdmOWQ1OGNjZWYz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a6053f5e-3bdf-42c5-8392-af2e59e9bfd5%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DOI employees seeking credit: <a href="https://doitalent.ibc.doi.gov/course/view.php?id=19000">
https://doitalent.ibc.doi.gov/course/view.php?id=19000</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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