[RWG] PCA: Afternoon Bimonthly Meeting for January 8, 2014 (Washington, DC)

[Kwong, Olivia]

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting. We have not
yet confirmed webinar access, but if you are interested in being notified
if such access is available, hit reply or send an email to okwong at blm.gov.
This message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists. Please
note that the January meeting is taking place in the brand new Q?rius
Theater at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The
attached PDF advertisement is for the section of the meeting with the
speakers starting 3pm.

Olivia Kwong
CPC/PCA
http://www.nps.gov/plants/

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bimonthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is
held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past
meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html

Note: The website is undergoing a move to the BLM server and not all pages
have been updated & migrated.

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         PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                   Wednesday, January 8, 2014
                              2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: Q?rius Theater, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
              1000 Constitution Ave. NW
              Washington, DC  20004

Take the Orange or Blue Line to the Smithsonian Metro Station. From the
Smithsonian Metro Station, walk across the National Mall to the building
with the round dome housing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural
History. Q?rius Theater is located on the ground floor near the
Constitution Ave. entrance or from the National Mall entrance past the
rotunda with the elephant down the escalators to the ground floor. There is
no public parking facility at the Smithsonian on the National Mall;
on-street parking is limited and posted times are enforced. There are
commercial parking lots and garages located within several blocks of the
museums.

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              AGENDA

              2:00 Introductions
              2:05 Announcements/Communications
              2:25 Updates on Activities
                   - Alien Plant Working Group
                   - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                   - Native Plant Materials Working Group & Seeds of Success
                   - Public Outreach Working Group
                   - Restoration Working Group
                   - MOU
                   - NGO Committee

              3:00 How Do Botanical Collections Advance Conservation Action?
                     Speakers: Peggy Olwell (Bureau of Land Management),
Gary
                     Krupnick (Smithsonian Institution), Megan Haidet
(Seeds of
                     Success), Tom Kaye (Institute for Applied Ecology)

              3:55 Closing Remarks
              4:00 Adjourn

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                          UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                      [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

                - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBA
                  NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

                - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM
                  TBA
                  NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

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