<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">***The next Plant
Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, March 13th from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
ET.***</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) holds regular
meetings that are open to everyone and usually accessible online. This month,
the</span><span lang="EN"> PCA is excited to welcome Chris
Martine, David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics at Bucknell University and
Research & Director of the Manning Herbarium, to present “Plants are Cool,
Too: #SciComm, media relations, and a botanist on Mars” from 2:00-3:00 pm ET,
on March 13th:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Using case studies based
on recent attempts to promote new scientific findings through multiple
types/tiers of media, this talk will present strategies that any biodiversity
professional might employ when hoping to spread the word about (and engage the
public in) their research outcomes. While taking on the job of promoting your
own work might seem like a daunting (or even painful) task, the payoffs ideally
include: a) Increased reads and/or citations; b) Expanding the reach and impact
of your work; and d) Building public enthusiasm for biodiversity
science/protection/conservation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">****This meeting will be
held at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Please RSVP to
Gary Krupnick (</span><span lang="EN"><a href="mailto:krupnick@si.edu"><span style="color:blue">krupnick@si.edu</span></a>) by
March 10. <b>Guests will need to arrive by
1:45pm in the Constitution Ave lobby of NMNH to be escorted to the meeting room</b>****</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">This presentation at
2:00 – 3:00 pm ET will also be broadcast on YouTube Live, please use the
following link to watch:</span></p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/UKLXIusvxZc">https://youtu.be/UKLXIusvxZc</a> **</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><span lang="EN">To
call into the PCA meeting at 3:00 pm ET, please use the following conference
line:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Call-in Number:
1-877-414-1336</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Call-in Passcode:
6177335#</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">**More about Chris
Martine**</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Chris spent his
childhood tromping through the woodlots and culverted streams of suburban New
Jersey. By the time he was a teenager he had memorized a handful of Golden
Guides, but it wasn’t until a few years later, as a first-gen college student,
that he realized a person could “do nature” as a career. A significant focus of
his life since then has centered on a desire to a) Discover cool stuff and b)
Tell people about it. Chris actively engages non-science audiences across
multiple outlets, including as host/producer of the YouTube series “Plants are
Cool, Too!” He has published on the systematics, ecology, and taxonomy of a
number of plant groups, with much of his last 15 years focused on Australian
"bush tomatoes" in the genus Solanum as well as the flora of the
Northeast. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Thank you!</span><span lang="EN"></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-size:small" color="#0c343d"><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="#0c343d">National Collection Curator (Contractor)</font></div></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/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a><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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>