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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">RSVP today to attend our PCA meeting tomorrow when we welcome </span><span class="x_x_x_contentpasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Dr.
Anne Frances,</span><span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> </span><span class="x_x_x_contentpasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Botanist,
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, and Nan McCarry</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">, free-lance ethnobotanist. They will discuss “Collaborating to Conserve North American Grapes (Vitis spp.)” </span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">The meeting is held remotely and open to all. More information about the presentation is available on our <a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" shash="VflJg0vjqwlV9b2sRNnN2jLKhT572PSV3/AqLBQCv8QgQdHpGCc+8rtVttWp9bLMu0g/5/6GwP4E0Wk5dVi92BSLG7KERSrjWlEcd+t7wGBFMxOtXNMpDMSiOjGthQC2UoffGX17CFKGORuQRfgO7gu0HbD8gpSGgkHIMOmVLd4=" title="Original URL: https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/meetings. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="15" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA6516476e-5237-4d3f-71b1-6fe352c90485" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">PCA Meetings
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<span style="margin: 0px;" class="ContentPasted0"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RSVP by</font><span class="ContentPasted0" style=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday</span> </font></span></span><span class="x_x_x_contentpasted0" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">November
7</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">, 2023, to <a href="mailto:elizabeth_krone@fws.gov" data-linkindex="16" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA90f171d5-045e-5f10-29e2-b24b48ddfd10" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">elizabeth_krone@fws.gov</a> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">This meeting will be hosted using Microsoft Teams. You will be able to join the meeting from the web or via the <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" shash="InELqRIZtGOweGUklZIfOLSMrek/suUfS4u6zdegjhNwBRWIWqe5oTO6UDda41vqRPA0r2gYfw0WL/1YbnijTMyu6PSsIasBg+PmxSX46UMbx5U9DXDjcHn9RJ12/aJSJNtdxcrl6ZDNU87qMcHOhBb4eBWBW4MnbsvnnibSxOw=" title="Original URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="17" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA67b73a9b-cbb0-b907-ec8f-b1de864ff12e" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0">Microsoft
Teams app</a>. The meeting login details will be shared with all respondents via calendar invite and email by Tuesday November 7. </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">The PCA general meetings are open to everyone and follow this format: </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">>Updates on PCA Activities <i class="ContentPasted0">- learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance</i> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">>Invited Speaker <i class="ContentPasted0">– a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the </i><a href="https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" shash="qRfNVQ3hfPFAMc71Ngo8eDxToqa1n6umnS1rpWzlf3tiopS49aAHzuzy8Wd2Z4Xm9GKun7p2I+40kiWkKrZ9fT+0YKCWWN4sXycTCBR2o6lTa3nSzWR8V/KadpGHdlJa4Odt5P/F2sVKeGKBrgl2ctcNLFC3D48xylVuhcLo6Rg=" title="Original URL: https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/programs_natural-resources_native-plant-communities_national-seed-strategy_pca_Framework_6.11.2020.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="18" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWAa0c4d2a2-8258-876c-1a81-4d1d5c95b555" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0"><i>PCA National
Framework for Progress</i></a><i class="ContentPasted0">: collaborative conservation; education; restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing</i> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">>Native Plants Roundtable <i class="ContentPasted0">- all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</i> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">— This meeting is brought to you by the Plant Conservation Alliance Speaker Organizing Team— Gary Krupnick (Smithsonian Institution) / Ray Mims (U.S. Botanic Garden) / Andrea Williams (California
Native Plant Society) / David Lincicome (Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation) / Anna Lindquist (Chicago Botanic Garden) / Elizabeth Krone (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) </span></p>
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