[SOS-PCA] PCA September 12 Meeting Notes & Updates

[Prescott, Leah]

All,



The Plant Conservation Alliance would like to thank Abby Meyer for her
informative presentation "Approaches to Plant Collections Gap Analysis and
Safety Duplication". Information on Botanic Garden Conservation
International & Abby’s contact information can be found here:
https://www.bgci.org/usa/about_bgcius. For a copy of Abby presentation,
please contact either Abby (abby.meyer at bgci.org) or Leah Prescott (
lprescott at blm.gov)

A few updates and announcements from the September 12th meeting:



·         The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is accepting input
from stakeholders regarding research, extension, and education priorities
in food and agriculture. A series of four in-person listening sessions
hosted in different regions across the country and submission of written
comments will offer two ways to share your thoughts and ideas. Stakeholder
input received from both methods will be treated equally. See
https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens

·         If you are interested in presenting at a PCA meeting, or would
like to suggest future speakers, please send contact information to Leah
Prescott (lprescott at blm.gov) as we are continuously planning future
meetings.



Upcoming Events:



·         Register now for our 45th conference on the campus of Indiana
University, October 23-25, 2018. The conference venue will be the Indiana
Memorial Union (IMU), and conference accommodations will be at the historic
Biddle Hotel, which is part of the IMU complex. Visit
https://www.naturalareas.org/conference.php for more information.

·        We encourage PCA cooperators to post meetings, webinars, and
research on the PCA listserv as we continue our collaborative mission to
protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and their
communities are maintained, enhanced, and restored. Listserv information
can be found at http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo





Welcome to our new cooperators:



·         Natural History Institute (Prescott, Arizona) – “The Natural
History Institute provides leadership and resources for a revitalized
practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to
promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the natural
world.”

·         Three Ravens Ranch (Long Valley, Nevada) – Providing native seed
testing kits to tailor seed mixes to specific uses and regions.

·         Urban Rivers (Chicago, Illinois) – “Urban Rivers is a
Chicago-based nonprofit, creating a park on the east side of Goose Island
in the Chicago River, along the banks of Whole Foods' Lincoln Park store.”

·         University of California, Irvine (EEB Dept): The Department is
home to 38 faculty and about 60 graduate students. Students and faculty
have easy access to field sites that include marine, desert, and California
chaparral communities.

·         Ontario Plant Restoration Alliance (Ontario, Canada) is committed
to conserving and enhancing native plants populations through the salvage
and propagation of local seed. OPRA helps to facilitate the restoration of
local flora through their network of growers, researchers, landowners, seed
conservationists and policy experts.

·         Freedom Trails Incorporated is an organization that is working to
improve the conditions of the environment in any way possible. Freedom
Trails was founded out of a deep-rooted passion towards being in nature and
preserving the environment around us.

·         Hungry Hook Farm (Bainbridge, Pennsylvania) - Dedicated to
promoting the native plants of the Eastern Woodlands, and hope to always
respect, preserve and create wild places in our own neighborhoods.

·         Heartland Seed of Missouri (Eolia, Missouri) - “To partner and
form long-lasting relationships with our customers, growers, vendors,
contractors and outdoor organizations to rebuild prairie and habitat one
planting at a time.  Maintaining our core values and leaving a legacy for
those that will continue the conservation mission.”

·         Long Island Invasive Species Management Area is a voluntary
partnership of many organizations from the geographic area that includes
Staten Island (Richmond County), Long Island (Kings [Brooklyn], Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk counties), and eleven additional coastal plain islands.
LIISMA brings together representatives from many government agencies,
non-profits, and private businesses to discuss, share and learn from each
other the latest invasive species strategies and issues.

·         The Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) is an
all-volunteer cooperative effort of over 30 non-profit organizations,
governmental agencies, nursery professionals, and citizens. The mission of
this organization is to protect the genetic integrity and heritage of Long
Island native plant populations and thus biodiversity from a landscape to
genetic level, by establishing commercial sources of genetically
appropriate local (ecotypic) plant materials for use in nursery,
landscaping, and habitat restoration activities.



There are now 380 cooperators in the PCA!



Thank you!

-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program
Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

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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