From sehill at blm.gov Tue Jul 2 18:04:29 2024 From: sehill at blm.gov (Hill, Sarah E) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 23:04:29 +0000 Subject: [SOS-PCA] SOS Collector Call Notes July 2024 Message-ID: Hello seedy people, Happy July! I can't believe we are heading into the height of summer and all that entails - a holiday, heat, summer rain/monsoons, quickly ripening seed, and a small respite from activity for some. Below are our notes from this month's collector call, please reach out if you have any questions and never hesitate to email me twice if I don't answer you in a timely fashion! I hope that you all stay safe, hydrated, and as cool as you can in the coming weeks - I look forward to checking in again in August! For the seeds, Sarah Hill National Coordinating Office Announcements Onboarding new people or if you were forwarded this meeting notification ? sign up for the collector call and mailing list ? this is how we communicate with everyone throughout the season, so it is critical to sign up through the right channels * If you are new or are onboarding new people make sure they visit the Getting Started page on the SOS website and sign up for the mailing list, collector calls, training, and geoplatform access: https://www.blm.gov/programs/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection/sos-getting-started Trainings! * Next SOS Virtual Training: * July 24/25 * August 14/15 * If there are other training needs in July/Aug please let me know ASAP and we will figure something out * Make sure you have your geoplatform access BEFORE taking any trainings. Cleaning/shipping update * For lower 48, only BIL-BAR funded teams (collector codes with ?D?) and fleshy fruit collections should go to BSE right now. All other collectors must continue to wait * Store seed as cool and dry as you can until you are provided a cleaning facility assignment. * We are working hard on a solution, delay in Target Species list has delayed getting facility assignments. More info to come in July. Exporting datasheets for seed shipments in Survey123 * You must export a data sheet to send with your seeds * ?End of season creating a report? in geoplatform help documents ? this will export a data sheet exactly like the paper SOS form, but with all the fields filled in. Make sure to do a quick scan to make sure all the information populated correctly. Someone on the call asked a question about tricks for harvesting Elymus elymoides, especially when windy. Some suggestions from other collectors: * Getting a big embroidery hoop and putting plastic bag at the end, then shake the bag to release seeds. You can hold the bag closed so they don?t blow away. * Using a paper bag and clipping the entire stalk and smashing it down so that it doesn?t fly away, then stripping from the stems back in the office/somewhere not windy. * Using a smooth fabric pillowcase so that the seeds stick a little and aren?t blown out as easily We are compiling tips and tricks for collecting specific species, seed types, and dispersal strategies so we can share them more broadly with folks in the future - if you are inspired to record this information this season the National Coordinating Office would love to get a copy at the end of the season!?? Digital Data * Follow the Getting Started Page to sign up for the digital data collection. Please have collectors do this BEFORE any training sessions. * New form Updates! Make sure you are updating Collection and Scouting Survey123 forms. * Because of issues with tab active 3 and 4, we found a way to run location calculations for you. Kristy will run a script that fills in these values for you. Landowner will still need to be filled in, but all other fields will populate. * AK- AK N/A will not be autofilled into the Seed Zones/Level 4 ecoregion, K will add at the end of the season * Landowner field changing locations on all three forms, it is at the top of the ?In the Office? page (5 and 7 on the scouting and collection forms, respectively). * The data will be pulled from the location of the coordinate. You will need to check the location data to make sure it makes sense. If the original coordinates are incorrect, the rest of the location information is incorrect. * If you need to change your coordinates, please update through the Survey123 application. If you change your coordinates manually (in AGOL or another way), you will need to update the latitude and longitude. By using Survey123 to update your location, the coordinates will update for you * Reviewed common data QC errors ? Data is mostly looking really good! A few things to note: * Make sure you are checking the data management page on the geoplatform. Common errors are not including locality details or geology, make sure these are entered by end of season. Ensure scouting ID and collection numbers are entered correctly across forms. Make sure you have 5 associated spp. If you can only ID to genera there should be a way to add genus sp. On the survey123 form. If not, you can type directly in that field through the data management site. Make sure landower and permissions are entered correctly. Double check location on map and corresponding coordinates match. Additional details in attached PDF. Partner announcements ? Bend, Dorena, Smithsonian, USDA-ARS * Bailey Hallwachs, USDA-ARS PGITRU ? Reiterated the importance of having correct lat long data ? collections get sent to different curation programs across the ARS, and sometimes the lat/long can be incorrect ? causes issues trying to resolve where collections actually came from. * Erika Gardner, Smithsonian/U.S. National Herbarium ? Follow directions exactly as written on the SOS website, let her know if you have any additional questions! * Sarah Garvin ? Bend Seed Extractory ? please send full single page datasheets, not many pages stapled together. Make sure you are exporting data sheets following the written guidance. Sarah Hill she/her Seeds of Success National Curator Bureau of Land Management - contractor Currently working from home - contact me for my cell # Seeds of Success National Seed Strategy Plant Conservation Alliance Subscribe to the PCA and SOS listservs Why I list my pronouns I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Nuwe/Nume (Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock) people, as well as other indigenous tribes who traveled through the area known as Idaho who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Here are the cleaning facility assignments for July 2024 Palmer Plant Materials Center * All Alaska collections Dorena Genetics Resource Center * All NPS Crews (Crews with collector codes starting with 'NP') Except NPSD00 and NPNM00 * FWS0300 * FWS0202 * FWS0400 * FWS0401 * FWS0402 * FWS0403 * FWS0404 Bend Seed Extractory * NPSD00 and NPNM00 * All DOI crews (collector codes starting with 'D') * All BLM agency funded teams * All other USFWS teams We have a limited capacity at both of these seed cleaning facilities, filling out your seed tracking forms as collections are being shipped is critical. We use this data to allot the correct number of collections to each facility. For the small number of you still using paper data sheets, you can access the seed tracking form on your desktop geoplatform account. If you need more information about how to do this, please contact me. Thank you all so, so much for your patience as we coordinate this piece of the SOS puzzle. As always, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! For the seeds, Sarah Sarah Hill she/her Seeds of Success National Curator Bureau of Land Management - contractor Currently working from home - contact me for my cell # Seeds of Success National Seed Strategy Plant Conservation Alliance Subscribe to the PCA and SOS listservs Why I list my pronouns I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Nuwe/Nume (Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock) people, as well as other indigenous tribes who traveled through the area known as Idaho who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stephanie at conservepgr.com Thu Jul 18 16:18:51 2024 From: stephanie at conservepgr.com (Stephanie Greene) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:18:51 -0600 Subject: [SOS-PCA] Important Updates for the 2024 CWR Symposium Message-ID: Important Updates for the 2024 Crop Wild Relative Symposium : New Additions to the CWR 2024 Symposium program! - A Wildland Gathering to celebrate Indigenous wild plant foraging will be convened by the Flower Hill Institute on Sept. 16, 9:00 - 3:00 p.m. The Wildland Gathering will include Tribal representatives from across North America and facilitated discussions will focus on North American Indigenous foragers and gatherers of wildland plants. Learn more. - Herbaceous Perennial Grains Working Group Meeting, September 19, 1:00- 4:30 pm. Learn more. New! Live Stream Option - For those who are not able to attend the symposium in person, a live-streaming option for the symposium is now available for $40 per person. Register Here Reminder! Deadline for Lightning Presentation Abstracts is July 19th, 2024. Submit Abstract For more information about the symposium, visit https://www.usbg.gov/2024cwrsymposium -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sehill at blm.gov Mon Jul 22 12:07:14 2024 From: sehill at blm.gov (Hill, Sarah E) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:07:14 +0000 Subject: [SOS-PCA] Fw: Funding OPPTY: Arbor Day Foundation Community Roots Program for Tribal communities (Closes 9/30) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sharing this unique opportunity for distribution in your relevant networks. Please note that there is no match requirement and the Arbor Day Foundations can help to source trees if needed for tribal projects. The Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) is pleased to be a recipient of grant funding from the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry Program, under the Inflation Reduction Act (Funding Opportunity #: USDA-FS-2023-UCF-IRA-01). ADF will serve as a national pass-through partner of the Forest Service, providing funding for Federally Recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations. The Arbor Day Foundation is calling on all federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations/villages, Tribal organizations as defined in 25USC 5304 (I) and operating within the United States or its territories, and organizations working in Tribal communities, to apply for Community Roots Program support, made possible through Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding that makes urban forestry projects possible. As a national passthrough partner of the USDA Forest Service, the Arbor Day Foundation helps connect Tribes and Tribal organizations to funding resources, a peer network that provides guidance, resources, and other learning opportunities. ELIGIBILITY: Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations / villages, Tribal organizations as defined in 25USC 5304 (I) and operating within the United States or its territories, and organizations working in Tribal communities. APPLICATION PERIOD: Applications must be submitted by September 30, 2024 For more information and to apply: https://www.arborday.org/programs/community-roots/community-roots-tribal-rfa.cfm Direct any questions to: grants at arborday.org Elizabeth Krone Plant Conservation Alliance Coordinator Plant Conservation Alliance email: elizabeth_krone at fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS:IA Falls Church, VA 22041 [cid:23af4e5a-80c1-497d-af59-167391c16ae2][cid:3f0bf6ef-751d-41a9-9c84-e7102ec9d516][cid:39bf648b-4f05-4edc-93e9-33ac294a0b24] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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