<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting or join in<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>remotely via webinar (instructions at the bottom of this message).</div>
<div>This message has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.</div><div>Please note the change in agenda where the meeting is in the </div><div>afternoon and we will begin with the speaker.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Olivia Kwong</div><div>CPC/PCA</div><div><a href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/" target="_blank">http://www.nps.gov/plants/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Bi</span>-<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Monthly</span> Meeting is an open forum</div>
<div>for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is</div><div>held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is</div><div>roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from</div>
<div>each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include</div><div>representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating</div><div>organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past</div>
<div>meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at</div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html">http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/fish__wildlife_and/plants/pca/announce.html</a>.</div>
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<div><br></div><div> PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div> Wednesday, September 11, 2013</div>
<div> 2:00 - 4:00 PM</div><div><br></div><div> LOCATION: Conference Room at NatureServe</div><div> 4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor</div><div> Arlington, VA 22203</div>
<div><br></div><div>(Take the Orange Line to the Ballston Metro Station. From the Ballston</div><div>Station, go west on North Fairfax Drive. Pass the U.S. Fish and Wildlife</div><div>Service building on the right. Cross N. Glebe Road. Turn left into the</div>
<div>entrance for the Holiday Inn Express. NatureServe is in the white brick</div><div>building behind the Holiday Inn. Take the elevator to the 7th Floor.</div><div>NatureServe has some vouchers available for 90 minutes of parking, if</div>
<div>needed.)</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div> AGENDA</div><div><br></div><div> 2:00 Introductions</div>
<div><br></div><div> 2:05 Xuemei Han (NatureServe) - Establishing Dashboard Assessments</div><div> to Monitor Regional-Scale Biodiversity Indicators</div><div><br></div><div> 3:00 Announcements/Communications</div>
<div> 3:20 Updates on Activities</div><div> - Alien Plant Working Group</div><div> - Medicinal Plant Working Group</div><div> - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group</div>
<div> - Public Outreach Working Group</div><div> - Restoration Working Group</div><div> - NFWF</div><div> - MOU</div><div> - NGO Committee</div>
<div> 3:55 Closing Remarks</div><div> 4:00 Adjourn</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div> UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS</div>
<div> [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]</div><div><br></div><div> - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div><div> TBA</div><div> NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA</div>
<div><br></div><div> - Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 2:00-4:00 PM</div><div> TBA</div><div> NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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