<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-column gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-col-md-8" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:779.98px;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif"><h4 style="color:rgb(56,60,120);box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.1;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 0.3em;text-transform:capitalize">NATURAL AREAS ASSOCIATION WEBINAR: An Assessment Of Native Seed Needs And Capacity For Their Supply: Conclusions & Recommendations</h4><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(56,60,120);margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px 0px 0.3em;text-transform:capitalize">May 23, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 pM Eastern</h4></div><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/an_assessment_of_native_seed_n.php#harrison" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(65,121,53)">Susan P. Harrison</a>, Ph.D., University of California, Davis</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/an_assessment_of_native_seed_n.php#leger" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(65,121,53)">Elizabeth Leger</a>, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25em"><font color="#333333">Restoring impaired ecosystems requires a supply of diverse native plant seeds that are well suited to the climates, soils, and other living species of the system--such seeds are not readily available in many parts of the country. </font><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26618/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-the-capacity-for-their-supply" style=""><font color="#38761d">An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply</font></a></em><font color="#333333">, a recently released report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, examines the needs for native plant restoration and other activities, provides recommendations for improving the reliability, predictability, and performance of the native seed supply, and presents an ambitious agenda for action. Join Dr. Susan Harrison and Dr. Elizabeth Leger as they highlight conclusions and recommendations in connection to challenges facing our natural landscapes and the need for a coordinated public-private effort to scale-up and secure a cost-effective national native seed supply. </font><font color="#38761d"> <b><a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/docs/native-seed-needs-abstract.pdf" style=""><font color="#38761d">PRINT ABSTRACT</font></a> <a href="https://members.naturalareas.org/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=AREA&evid=35486559" style=""><font color="#38761d">REGISTER</font></a></b></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25em"><b style=""><font color="#073763"><br></font></b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25em"><b style=""><font color="#073763">NAA ANNUAL AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Deadline, Monday, June 12, 2023</font></b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25em"><font color="#000000">Do you know an individual or group who has significantly advocated for and advanced research, methods, or policy approaches that impacted the identification and protection of natural areas? Shine a light on this valuable contribution and submit a NOMINATION! </font><a href="https://naturalareas.org/awards.php" style=""><font color="#38761d"><b>LEARN MORE</b></font></a></p><img src="cid:ii_lh7trnoz0" alt="image.png" width="475" height="94" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.25em"><a href="https://naturalareas.org/awards.php">https://naturalareas.org/awards.php</a><br></p></div><div class="gmail-column gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-col-md-12" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:1170px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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