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thank Abby Meyer for her informative presentation "Approaches to Plant
Collections Gap Analysis and Safety Duplication". Information on Botanic
Garden Conservation International & Abby’s contact information can be found
here: </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.bgci.org/usa/about_bgcius" style="color:blue">https://www.bgci.org/usa/about_bgcius</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. For a copy of Abby presentation, please
contact either Abby (<a href="mailto:abby.meyer@bgci.org">abby.meyer@bgci.org</a>) or Leah Prescott (<a href="mailto:lprescott@blm.gov">lprescott@blm.gov</a>)<br>
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12^th meeting:</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The National Institute of Food and
Agriculture is accepting input from stakeholders regarding research, extension,
and education priorities in food and agriculture. A series of four in-person
listening sessions hosted in different regions across the country and
submission of written comments will offer two ways to share your thoughts and
ideas. Stakeholder input received from both methods will be treated equally.
See <a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens">https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens</a></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are interested in presenting
at a PCA meeting, or would like to suggest future speakers, please send contact
information to Leah Prescott (<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a>lprescott@blm.gov</a></span>)
as we are continuously planning future meetings.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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Events:</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Register
now for our 45th conference on the campus of Indiana University, October 23-25,
2018. The conference venue will be the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU), and
conference accommodations will be at the historic Biddle Hotel, which is part
of the IMU complex. Visit <a href="https://www.naturalareas.org/conference.php" style="color:blue">https://www.naturalareas.org/conference.php</a>
for more information.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;font-size:16px">·</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">We encourage PCA cooperators to post meetings,
webinars, and research on the PCA listserv as we continue our collaborative
mission to protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and
their communities are maintained, enhanced, and restored. Listserv information
can be found at </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo" style="color:blue">http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo</a></span></p>

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to our new cooperators:</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Natural
History Institute (Prescott, Arizona) – “The Natural History Institute provides
leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that
integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of
humans and the rest of the natural world.”</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Three
Ravens Ranch (Long Valley, Nevada) – Providing native seed testing kits to
tailor seed mixes to specific uses and regions. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Urban
Rivers (Chicago, Illinois) – “Urban Rivers is a Chicago-based nonprofit,
creating a park on the east side of Goose Island in the Chicago River, along
the banks of Whole Foods' Lincoln Park store.”</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University
of California, Irvine (EEB Dept): The Department is home to 38 faculty and
about 60 graduate students. Students and faculty have easy access to field
sites that include marine, desert, and California chaparral communities. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ontario
Plant Restoration Alliance (Ontario, Canada) is committed to conserving and
enhancing native plants populations through the salvage and propagation of
local seed. OPRA helps to facilitate the restoration of local flora through
their network of growers, researchers, landowners, seed conservationists and
policy experts.  </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Freedom
Trails Incorporated is an organization that is working to improve the
conditions of the environment in any way possible. Freedom Trails was founded
out of a deep-rooted passion towards being in nature and preserving the
environment around us.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hungry
Hook Farm (Bainbridge, Pennsylvania) - Dedicated to promoting the native plants
of the Eastern Woodlands, and hope to always respect, preserve and create wild
places in our own neighborhoods. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Heartland
Seed of Missouri (Eolia, Missouri) - “To partner and form long-lasting
relationships with our customers, growers, vendors, contractors and outdoor
organizations to rebuild prairie and habitat one planting at a time.  Maintaining our core values and leaving a
legacy for those that will continue the conservation mission.”</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Long
Island Invasive Species Management Area is a voluntary partnership of many
organizations from the geographic area that includes Staten Island (Richmond
County), Long Island (Kings [Brooklyn], Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties),
and eleven additional coastal plain islands. LIISMA brings together
representatives from many government agencies, non-profits, and private
businesses to discuss, share and learn from each other the latest invasive
species strategies and issues.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) is an all-volunteer cooperative
effort of over 30 non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, nursery
professionals, and citizens. The mission of this organization is to protect the
genetic integrity and heritage of Long Island native plant populations and thus
biodiversity from a landscape to genetic level, by establishing commercial
sources of genetically appropriate local (ecotypic) plant materials for use in
nursery, landscaping, and habitat restoration activities.</span></p>

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are now 380 cooperators in the PCA!</span></p>

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you!</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation & Restoration Program </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Data Coordinator</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="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="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>