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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0">Please RSVP to attend our first PCA meeting of 2024 where we welcome </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Jeff
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NPGS is a cooperative network, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), that is dedicated to preserving the genetic diversity of plants. Scientists must have access to genetic diversity to help bring forth
new varieties that can resist pests, diseases, and environmental stresses. The NPGS aids scientists and their needs for genetic diversity by acquiring, preserving, evaluating, documenting and distributing germplasm and associated information.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">ABOUT OUR PRESENTER</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Jeff
Carstens is a horticulturalist with the USDA North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa, where he works with a team of scientists to expand the diversity of plant genetic resources collections in order to facilitate their conservation
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0">RSVP by COB Tuesday, January 9, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">t</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0">o
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learn about and get engaged in the Plant Conservation Alliance</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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a topical presentation to explore any of the six focal areas identified in the </i></span><span style="color: black;"><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" id="OWAb1141c65-fcdd-640b-b47f-46b7910a9383" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted0"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">PCA National
Framework for Progress</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0">: collaborative conservation; education;
restoration; research and development; sustainability; and information sharing</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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all participants are encouraged to share information on national native plant events and activities</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "inherit", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: black;"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; background: white; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);" 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) / Nick Jensen (California Native Plant Society)
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