<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Everyone,<br><br>The resource below has been brought to my attention by multiple folks as a better option for geology (and soils). Check it out!<br><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/">https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You can click “Zoom to location” for any lat/long in the US and it will give you the soil and geology data. Click on one of the soil series under "Map Unit Composition" then click "Official Series Description." The first paragraph of each soil series says what parent material (rock type; geology) the soil series formed from.<br><br>-----------------------</font></div><div><br>Also, a few questions came up after the call have prompted clarification on sending seed to Bend:<br><br>Each SOS collection must be shipped in its entirety to Bend. So, if you are collecting on multiple days, please wait until you are finished collecting and ship all seed together. If you have any questions, please let me know.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Rachel</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Hosna, Rachel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhosna@blm.gov" target="_blank">rhosna@blm.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">SOS Collectors Call Notes
- August 1, 2017<br>
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There were 22 teams on the call. <span></span></p>
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</span></span>There have been a little over 200 records
entered through the data portal and the data is looking great! The most
incomplete fields are geology, ecoregion and land owner so please remember to
fill those in.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>For landowner, you can use an acronym for major government
agencies like BLM/USFS/USFWS but please spell out any other landowners.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>Once all of your data is in the portal, please
export and look over it to be sure everything is complete. <span></span></p>
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</span></span>Rachel is working on a new annual report
template for the SOS program and wants to make sure we have pictures of people.
Do not forget to take pictures of each other out in the field, especially if
you work with any volunteer groups.<span></span></p>
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</span></span>The data portal will be OFFLINE on August 8<sup>th</sup>
from 3-7 CST for some updates. <span></span></p>
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</span></span>Some of you might be having issues finding the
species you collected in the portal, especially if you have identified to
subspecies or variety. This is because the USDA Plants website has made some
updates, and we still need to pull those into BGBase. I am not sure when this update
will happen but please let me know if you run into this issue.<span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-5599033131309048472m_2740400964670621573gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Rachel has gotten a few calls about how to
collect specific species. You can always reach out to folks via the SOS
listserv but please check out a new resource created by Clara Holmes at the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank. It was born out of the "tools" break
out session at the National Native Seed Conference where the folks talked about
what tools could help collectors be more successful in finding their species or
collecting their species, etc. Clara’s
website contains a bunch of different threads and one of them is "species
specific questions or advice".
Please look at this site when you get a chance. <a href="https://seedcollectors.forumotion.com/" target="_blank">Seed Collectors Forum</a><span></span></p>
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</span></span>There was a question about where to get geology
information. See website below. You can open your states geology layer in
GoogleEarth and type in the coordinates of your collection location. <a href="https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/" target="_blank">Geology Resource</a><br>
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Thanks to everyone who was able to make the call! The next call will be
September 5<sup>th</sup>!<br>
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<b>If you were unable to make the call</b>,
please shoot me an e-mail with the following information:<br>
-How many collections have you made?<br>
-How many have been sent to Bend?<br>
-How many more collections do you anticipate?<br>
-How many collections will be operational?<span></span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-When does your season end?<span class="gmail-m_-5599033131309048472HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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</font></span></span><span class="gmail-m_-5599033131309048472HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-5599033131309048472m_2740400964670621573gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Rachel Hosna<br></font><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Seeds of Success</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">National Collection Curator</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">202-912-7233</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:rhosna@blm.gov" target="_blank">rhosna@blm.gov</a><br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-5599033131309048472gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Rachel Hosna<br></font><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Seeds of Success</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">National Collection Curator</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">202-912-7233</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:rhosna@blm.gov" target="_blank">rhosna@blm.gov</a><br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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