[SOS-PCA] PCA Meeting Wed. July 12th

[Riibe, Lindsey]

*The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, ​July 12th​
​from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.*

​​We are excited to have
​ Matthew Keir, Coordinator for Laukahi: The Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation
Network <http://laukahi.org/>, talk with us about this voluntary alliance
of government agencies and other entities working to protect and preserve
Hawaiʻi's native plants by implementing the Hawaiʻi Strategy for Plant
Conservation.

Please join us for Matthew's presentation,
*Building Capacity and Collaboration for Effective Plant Conservation in
Hawaiʻi*

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The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) holds Bi-Monthly Meetings that are an
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open forum for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. Meetings
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are held in Washington, DC and are available as a live webinar. There is
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roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
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PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
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representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
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organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting.

**If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend
this meeting in person, please email Rachel Hosna (rhosna at blm.gov) by
COB Friday,
July 7th**

*Join the live Webinar:*
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Meeting Number:        742990168
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Meeting Host:             PEGGY  OLWELL

For audio call:   877-414-1336
passcode:         6177335#

*** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.
There may be previously stored information in your computer that
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meeting.***

​*More on ​Laukahi and Matthew Keir's role as coordinator:*

*Hawai‘i is home to some of the most unique and diverse ecosystems on the
planet. Yet these ecosystems are also among the most threatened of any in
the world, with hundreds of native plant species in danger of extinction.
Native plants and their relationships with other organisms have much to
teach us about how life has been and should be balanced in our islands.
Flourishing habitats for native plants protect our watersheds, which
provide us with safe drinking water, prevent runoff from polluting our
oceans, minimize dangerous flooding, and buffer us against harmful effects
of climate change. Laukahi, the Hawai‘i Plant Conservation Network, is a
self-directed, voluntary alliance of agencies, organizations and
individuals aiming to protect Hawaiʻi’s rare and threatened native plant
species through coordinated conservation efforts. Laukahi was created as a
response to the urgent and growing need to address the vulnerability of
native plant populations so vital to our health, to Hawaiian culture, and
to the balance of life on these islands. Laukahi is administered by an
Advisory Council, and staffed by Matthew Keir as the Network Coordinator.
After twenty years working for an agency managing rare plants on O‘ahu,
Matthew joined Laukahi to work on strengthen*
*​ing **the partnerships among local conservation programs and raise
awareness of how they contribute to global biodiversity conservation. The
Hawai‘i Strategy for Plant Conservation describes how dozens of local
programs, botanical gardens, seed banks, watershed partnerships work
towards common goals and guides Laukahi’s projects. We know that working
together will advance plant conservation faster that individual efforts can
alone.*


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Lindsey Riibe
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation Program Assistant
503-808-6230

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
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