<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On behalf of Sheila Williams<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am looking for folks that may have a balance of seeds either at their offices or in inventory at Bend Seed Extractory (information on Inventory for your collecting team Nita sends out at the end of each season). We are trying to increase a couple of species, and begin testing another for a potential release for the COPL. These are species that have been identified through the Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program as priority species, and testing and development done by Los Lunas Plant Materials Center here in NM.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2 forb species we are looking for from collections on the COPL and AZ/NM Plateau Ecoregions are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pale evening primrose or Oenothera pallida<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Small flowered globemallow or Sphaeralcea parvifolia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 1 grass species we are looking for from collections on the COPL and AZ/NM Plateau Ecoregions is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>James galleta grass or Pleuraphis jamesii<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We need lots of samples of this species to test**across these Ecoregions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a lot for your time! Sheila Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact info below<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sheila L. Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>District Botanist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Farmington District Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>6251 College Blvd. Suite A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Farmington, NM 87402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office: (505) 564-7673 Fax: (505) 567-7608<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cell: (505) 486-4255<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:slwillia@blm.gov">slwillia@blm.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>