<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">SOS Collectors' Call, November 1, 2016</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">End of Season Wrap Up<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">All <b>data sheets,
clearance forms, photos and annual reports</b> must be submitted to <a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov">mahaidet@blm.gov</a>.</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p>
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</span>Scanned or typed versions of data and clearance
forms may be sent via email.<span></span></p>
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</span>Photos can be sent via email, google drive (BLM
only), or hard copy (cd)<span></span></p>
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</span>Annual reports are due by December 15. If you
are not finished with collecting or final wrap up by Dec. 15, please contact
me.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">All BLM collection teams send <b>seed and data sheets</b> to Bend Seed Extractory. Its ideal to ship
seed Mon-Wed so that someone is at the Extractory when it arrives. They will
not be at the Extractory on 11/11, 11/24-25, 12/25-26. In general, holidays
shouldn’t interrupt seed shipment<span></span></p>
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</span>Bend sheds staff over the winter, if seed does
not arrive by Dec. 1, they likely can’t garauntee that seed will be clean
before April.<span></span></p>
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</span>865 collections received by Bend so far</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><b>Herbarium
specimens </b>should be sent to Smithsonian, with labels and transmittal
notices. Voucher specimens do not need to be mounted.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">End of year wrap up: Please leave SOS records in good
order at the end of the season. Be sure future collectors have access to your
field notes, electronic files and know when to begin numbering their 2017
collections.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Data Entry Portal: Thanks to everyone that attended
trainings. You should have your login & passwords. There is an expectation
that teams enter their 2016 data if at all possible. Please let <a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov">mahaidet@blm.gov</a> know when you have finished
entering data for the season. Also contact me immediately if you encounter any
issues with the portal. The web address and support documentation will be on
the BLM website soon. <span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Training: <b>Seed Collection for Conservation and
Restoration (Seeds of Success 1730-06)</b>, <b>May 16-17, Boise ID </b>(with
an optional field trip on <span class="gmail-m-2326526906958138932m7583466546219220684m2399773944999238856gmail-aqj">Thursday
5/18 </span>to the OSU <span style="color:black">Malheur
Experimental Station </span>in Ontario, OR)
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, evaluating seed ripeness, collecting voucher
specimens, post-collection seed care and restoration and
rehabilitation concepts. A field component will reinforce classroom
discussion topics. You may sign up for the course via DOI Learn (<a href="http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/index.cfm" target="_blank">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="color:black">602-906-5640, </span><span class="gmail-m-2326526906958138932m7583466546219220684m2399773944999238856gmail-il"><a href="mailto:lyoung@blm.gov" target="_blank">lyoung@blm.gov</a>)<wbr>.</span><span></span></span></p><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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