<div dir="ltr">CORRECTION: <div><br></div><div>The Great Basin Meeting reference was last year's conference. </div><div><br></div><div>The 2016 event is called <span style="font-size:12.8px">SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION: ALL LANDS, ALL HANDS - A </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Joint conference of the Great Basin Consortium and a WAFWA-sponsored sagebrush science and management meeting</span></div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="">February 23-26, 2016</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> • Salt Lake City, Utah</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://sagebrushconference2016.org/" target="_blank">http://sagebrushconference2016.org/</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br><div>National Collection Curator</div><div>Seeds of Success</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/sos" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/sos</a></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Haidet, Margaret (Megan) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov" target="_blank">mahaidet@blm.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>SOS Collectors's Call Notes</div><div>November 10</div><div><br></div><div>There were 19 participants on the call.</div><div><br></div><div>Most interns have left or are leaving their posts soon. Hopefully they wrapped up the SOS closeout materials before they left. </div><div> - Please send all data sheets, photos and annual reports to the National Coordinating Office (<a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov" target="_blank">mahaidet@blm.gov</a>) by Dec. 15. </div><div> - Please send seed and data sheets to the Bend Seed Extractory by Dec. 15. </div><div> - Please send voucher specimens and labels to the Smithsonian Herbarium</div><div><br></div><div>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. <span style="font-size:12.8px">Due to the upcoming holidays Bend may not be able to guarantee any more priority requests before </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span>January 1</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. *** 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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">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. </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Web-hosted databases testing will begin soon. Stay tuned if you offered to test the system - Megan will be contacting folks soon.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Trainings and Meetings:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">SOS Mentor Training: Register through DOI Learn. 1730-06 - Seed Collection for Conservation & R</span>estoration, <span><span>May 17-19</span></span> Ft. Collins, CO. All students will be initially wait-listed for the course. Please contact Lori Young (<a href="mailto:lyoung@blm.gov" target="_blank">lyoung@blm.gov</a>) if you have any additional questions.</div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2016 Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program Annual Meeting </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">will be in </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18.4px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Page, Arizona, March 22 & 23, 2016</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, at the </span><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/pgacy-courtyard-page-at-lake-powell/?pid=corptbta&scid=b661a3c4-9c47-48c8-9e13-75b66089dd79" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Courtyard Page at Lake Powell</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> hotel.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Great Basin Native Plant Project annual <span style="font-size:12.8px">meeting will be held jointly with the Great Basin Consortium Conference (February 17-19</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size:12.8px">) at Boise State University.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><a href="http://environment.unr.edu/consortium/conference4.html#Agenda" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://environment.unr.edu/consortium/conference4.html#Agenda</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The next call is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u> </p><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br><div>National Collection Curator</div><div>Seeds of Success</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/sos" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/sos</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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