<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="line-height:12pt;font-size:13px"><b style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Seed Collection for Conservation and  Restoration (Seeds of Success 1730-06)</span></b><span style="line-height:12pt;font-size:10pt">  </span></p><p style="line-height:12pt;font-size:13px"><b style="line-height:12pt"><span style="color:blue;font-size:10pt">May 1</span></b><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:12pt"><font color="#0000ff">6-17,  </font></b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal"><font color="#0000ff" style="font-weight:bold">Boise ID</font></span><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </font></p><p style="line-height:12pt;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(with an<b> </b></font><font color="#0000ff" style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>optional field trip on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Thursday 5/18 </span></span></b></font><font color="#000000" style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">to the OSU Malheur Experimental Station</font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">in Ontario, OR​)</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="line-height:12pt;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:12pt">This 2 day course will provide a history of the Native Plant Materials Development Program (NPMDP) and teach the Seeds of Success (SOS) protocol for collection, shipping, and storage of native wildland seed collections.  Material covered includes the development of a targeted species list, seed sampling strategies, field preparedness, a native plant taxonomy review,</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal">​ </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal">evaluat​</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal">ing seed ripeness,</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal"> collecting voucher specimens, post-collection seed care and restoration and rehabilitation </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal">concepts​</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal">.  A field component will reinforce classroom discussion topics.  </span></p><p style="line-height:12pt;font-size:13px">You may sign up for the course via DOI Learn (<a href="http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/index.cfm" target="_blank" style="line-height:12pt;font-size:10pt">http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/i<wbr>ndex.cfm</a>). If you have any questions or difficulty signing up, please contact training coordinator Lori Young (<span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">602-906-5640, </font></span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:lyoung@blm.gov" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">lyoung@blm.gov</a>).</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet<div>Seeds of Success<br><div>National Collection Curator</div><div>202-912-7233</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>PLANTS ARE NATURE</i></b></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/sos" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/sos</a></div></div><div><a href="http://www.blm.gov/seedstrategy" target="_blank">www.blm.gov/seedstrategy</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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