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Conservation Alliance Non-Federal Cooperator. This month we'll be looking to our non-federal cooperators to select an original artwork submitted by grade-school aged children to use on a commemorative</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"><span> </span>coin
celebrating 25 years of PCA (see more below).<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">The link to the
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the Chair of the PCA Nonfederal Committee, we encourage you to update your contact information<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantconservationalliance.org%2Fuser&data=05%7C01%7Cpatricia_deangelis%40fws.gov%7C121eb56f620a43425ee008da221bae6b%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637859799556875637%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fCZzaA9m9SeVjs3xeShs8f%2FJIgu1sq%2BR4hjDpi18ekk%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" shash="OuwdaSmn5MgvE/oZ4mbKtpePLweylDzwlSFAnS1/H6qPFFAsChvQXdWuOamjh5jvFlYCrlKG+pYCiKf1zng2Q6Ztr01WWfjQ8rZQxrGx6/UKv7KmuCo2YQCB2YGlqIfzr1Bm/rfkm1EIlBLlc99IfWs6Xc8JDb4WE1TWgQCUnR8=" title="Original URL: http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/user. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">here</span></b></a></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">,
or i</span><strong style="outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px"></span></strong><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="outline:0px">f your organization<span> </span></strong></span><em><b><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">is
not yet</span></b></em><strong style="outline:0px"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span> </span>a Cooperator</span></strong><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">,
the primary contact at your organization (usually a director or equivalent) can<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantconservationalliance.org%2Fapply&data=05%7C01%7Cpatricia_deangelis%40fws.gov%7C121eb56f620a43425ee008da221bae6b%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637859799556875637%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1NO0OMEevHD0MR0lPoFId4AwXNa1jAtP4X1%2FOEEmSFo%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" shash="rHzv6xJJQXqF+PJPWHRY2h7OSNkic79+YqWkiFvuOuB53gru7vSZd+uJiGTMWJVDD1xDU3gIN1RL3GjMbNZOKrUcZLEiDTPO6yD/RibKOws2t9ivxrI3fh1f8eY/AAvh5i4zoBeJIX0IoOr35xLzCXxyzfQxKMPPzwKX3FvWnPg=" style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">apply
for Cooperator status by filling out this form</span></b></a></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">. We look forward to your participation!</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">MORE ABOUT THE ART COMPETITION:</span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span>In
collaboration with the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Plant Conservation Alliance celebrates 25 years of advancing the conservation of native plants and their communities with a national art competition depicting iconic U.S. native plants.<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black">This competition was launched as part of the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0in;border:1pt none windowtext;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;background:aqua"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffairchildgarden.org%2Fscience-and-education%2Flearn%2Fthe-fairchild-challenge%2F-national-challenge%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cpatricia_deangelis%40fws.gov%7C121eb56f620a43425ee008da221bae6b%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637859799556875637%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZRbXCA%2BhZbLjyvNHYnpC3FTAQ1XbsSiklTFvM9R2FNk%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" shash="ZH7lAfDjtQCYYm4YJWxr5wMzLAPQXpaa/UbZvh6nMMrBcNMRNMMKFAJMqFcNN4kWlg3Jg00y6y60bMPKfG13Y6REVuYw4Qp24XVoHYKqJmoRie/De2EDqQ2W5Sm9LEsHE1iESo8xYkB/lztUgcaLO63UqRZNqPJ0ooEoFdz7hPw=" title="https://fairchildgarden.org/science-and-education/learn/the-fairchild-challenge/-national-challenge/" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background:white">2021-2022<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;background:white"><i>Fairchild
Challenge</i></span></a></span></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">, an award-winning, interdisciplinary, environmental science competition designed to engage students of diverse interests, abilities,
talents, and backgrounds to explore the natural world. Representatives of the PCA Federal Committee selected<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>regional<span> </span></i></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">champions
from each of five regions (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West) and we will look to our PCA Non-Federal Cooperators to select the national winner!</span><span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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