[SOS-PCA] New Seeds of Success National Collection Curator

[Fred_Edwards at blm.gov]

Hey Folks, 
My apologies for cross posting this on the SOS list serve, but I wanted to 
make sure everyone got this. 
Peggy is out of town until after Labor Day. She asked me to send this 
message for her 
welcoming Megan Haidet to the SOS program: 

As many of you know Mary Byrne moved to San Francisco in July. While we 
will 
miss Mary, I am very excited to introduce Megan Haidet to you as the new 
Seeds of Success National Collection Curator. Megan is going to be in 
training 
for the next several weeks so give her some time to get settled into 
Washington 
and we will start back having our Seeds of Success conference calls in 
October. 

Megan Haidet is the new National Collection Curator for the Seeds of 
Success 
Program.  She is originally from central Ohio and has slowly migrated 
east, 
attending college in Pennsylvania, graduate school in New York and working 
in 
the mid-Atlantic for the past 4 years. Megan received her BS from 
Allegheny College 
and has a Masters degree in Environmental Policy from Bard College. 
 
Megan is well acquainted with the native plant conservation community. She 

interned with the United Plant Savers out of high school and worked as 
policy 
analyst at the Center for Plant Conservation during her graduate studies. 
Her 
Master?s research focused on plant conservation policy in the United 
States and 
she has been engaged with the Plant Conservation Alliance, especially the 
medicinal plant working group.
 
Prior to joining the SOS team, Megan worked for The Land Conservancy of 
New 
Jersey as a Land Preservation Specialist preserving open space and 
farmland. 
She has additional research experience with farmland owners in the Hudson 
Valley 
and forestland owners in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

In her free time, Megan enjoys kayaking, gardening, hiking, and cooking. 
Megan can be reached after Labor Day at Margaret_Haidet at blm.gov 
and her phone number is 202-912-7233 

We are anticipating a very successful collection season, please join us on 
the SOS call 
on October 5th to meet Megan and resolve any issues that have come up in 
the interim. 

Peggy Olwell
Plant Conservation Program Lead
BLM
1849 C Street NW, LSB 204
Washington, DC 20240
202-912-7273 (voice)
202-494-0924 (cell)
202-452-7702 (fax) 


Fred  Edwards
Botanist 
(Detailing August 2 through December 2)
Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW LSB 204
Washington DC 20240
phone:202-912-7370 
fax: 202-912-7187
email: fred_edwards at blm.gov
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