[SOS-PCA] SOS Collectors' Call Notes Nov. 10

[Haidet, Margaret (Megan)]

CORRECTION:

The Great Basin Meeting reference was last year's conference.

The 2016 event is called SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION: ALL LANDS, ALL
HANDS - A Joint conference of the Great Basin Consortium and a
WAFWA-sponsored sagebrush science and management meeting

February 23-26, 2016 • Salt Lake City, Utah

http://sagebrushconference2016.org/

Megan Haidet
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
Seeds of Success
202-912-7233

www.blm.gov/sos

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Haidet, Margaret (Megan) <mahaidet at blm.gov>
wrote:

> SOS Collectors's Call Notes
> November 10
>
> There were 19 participants on the call.
>
> Most interns have left or are leaving their posts soon. Hopefully they
> wrapped up the SOS closeout materials before they left.
>   - Please send all data sheets, photos and annual reports to the National
> Coordinating Office (mahaidet at blm.gov) by Dec. 15.
>   - Please send seed and data sheets to the Bend Seed Extractory by Dec.
> 15.
>   - Please send voucher specimens and labels to the Smithsonian Herbarium
>
> Clearance forms: Clearance forms are so offices may request back current
> year collection overages. Always be sure to indicate the FedEx account
> number for billing as well as your intended use of the material. Clearance
> forms without this information will not be processed. Due to the upcoming
> holidays Bend may not be able to guarantee any more priority requests
> before January 1. *** Please note, if you would like only a portion of
> the remaining balance returned to your office there will be a $30 fee. To
> avoid this additional fee, send all of the remaining balance to a single
> location.
>
> Update from Bend: 1,007 seed lots received as of last Friday and about 50
> more had been received at the time of the call. Bend has completed cleaning
> 241 of those seed lots as of November 1. Seed lots have been looking good
> and the emails from all the collectors have been appreciated.  We would
> really love to see all of the 2015 collections shipped here before the week
> of Christmas.
>
> Web-hosted databases testing will begin soon. Stay tuned if you offered to
> test the system - Megan will be contacting folks soon.
>
> Upcoming Trainings and Meetings:
>
> SOS Mentor Training: Register through DOI Learn. 1730-06 - Seed Collection
> for Conservation & Restoration, May 17-19 Ft. Collins, CO. All students
> will be initially wait-listed for the course. Please contact Lori Young (
> lyoung at blm.gov) if you have any additional questions.
>
> 2016 Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program Annual Meeting will be in Page,
> Arizona, March 22 & 23, 2016, at the Courtyard Page at Lake Powell
> <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/pgacy-courtyard-page-at-lake-powell/?pid=corptbta&scid=b661a3c4-9c47-48c8-9e13-75b66089dd79>
>  hotel.
>
> Great Basin Native Plant Project annual meeting will be held jointly with
> the Great Basin Consortium Conference (February 17-19th) at Boise State
> University. http://environment.unr.edu/consortium/conference4.html#Agenda.
>
> The next call is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1.
>
>
>
> Megan Haidet
> Seeds of Success
> National Collection Curator
> Seeds of Success
> 202-912-7233
>
> www.blm.gov/sos
>
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