<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">All,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Plant Conservation Alliance would like to
thank Chris Martine for his entertaining and educational presentation "Plants
are Cool, Too: #SciComm, media relations, and a botanist on Mars". Chris
Martine’s presentation can be found at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKLXIusvxZcI" style="color:blue">www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKLXIusvxZcI</a>
Information on Dr. Martine’s lab at Bucknell as well as contact information can
be found at </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://bucknell.academia.edu/ChrisMartine" style="color:blue">bucknell.academia.edu/ChrisMartine</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and </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.bucknell.edu/academics/arts-and-sciences-college-of/academic-departments-and-programs/biology/faculty-and-staff/chris-martine" style="color:blue">www.bucknell.edu/academics/arts-and-sciences-college-of/academic-departments-and-programs/biology/faculty-and-staff/chris-martine</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span></p>

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13^th meeting:</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alien
Plant Working Group has moved the Weeds Gone Wild website to <a href="http://www.invasive.org/alien/index.htm">www.invasive.org/alien/index.htm</a></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NatureServe’s
Virginia office is moving from Ballston to Crystal City, their last day in
Ballston will be March 22^nd</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NatureServe
is hosting Core Methodology Training,
or CMT, is a hands-on introduction to standards, methods, and tools that are
"core" to the success of the NatureServe Network.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CMT includes three
full days of training on Tuesday-Thursday, April 23-25, and optional 1/2 day
sessions on Friday, April 26. More information can be found at  <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://www.natureserve.org/news-events/events/core-methodology-training" style="color:blue">www.natureserve.org/news-events/events/core-methodology-training</a></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NatureServe
announced a new effort to overhaul one of the Network’s longtime flagship
resources, <a href="https://www.natureserve.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1310&qid=61896" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">NatureServe Explorer</span></a>. NatureServe requests input via a ~5
minute <a href="https://www.natureserve.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1304&qid=61896" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">survey</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://www.natureserve.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1304&qid=61896" style="color:blue">www.natureserve.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1304&qid=61896</a></span>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">USGS recently published the First
Comprehensive List of Non-Native Species Established in Three Major Regions of
the United States, the publication is USGS OFR 20181156 and is available online
(<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181156" style="color:blue">https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181156</a></span>)</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Bureau of
Land Management contracted The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine (National Academies) to design and carry out an assessment of federal,
state, tribal and private sector needs and capacity for using and supplying
native plant seeds for ecological restoration and other purposes. The
assessment will focus on the western continental United States and incorporate
information from assessments of other U.S. regions, as available, towards the
goal of a nationwide perspective. For more information or to get involved email
<span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="mailto:SeedNeeds@nas.edu" style="color:blue">SeedNeeds@nas.edu</a></span>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Seeds
of Success, managed by the BLM’s Plant Conservation and Restoration Program, is
featured in The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2019 report: “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”.
This report describes how native plants make production systems and livelihoods
more resilient to shocks and stresses and highlights Seeds of Success as an
example of restoring biodiversity and resilience to landscapes following
natural disasters, such as drought, wildfire, and hurricanes. The report can be
found at <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/CA3129EN/CA3129EN.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:blue">http://www.fao.org/3/CA3129EN/CA3129EN.pdf</a></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" 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">The
Department of Interior issued Secretarial Order 3362, which will improve
habitat quality and western big game winter range and migration corridors for
antelope, elk, and mule deer. The order fosters improved collaboration with
states and private landowners and facilitates all parties using the best
available science to inform development of guidelines that helps ensure that
robust big game populations continue to exist.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" 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">The
Department of Interior issued Secretarial Order 3372, which is intended to
enhance the Department of the Interior's management of Federal lands to: (1)
better protect people, communities, wildlife habitat, and watersheds by
actively managing lands to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire; and (2)
promote the sustainable recovery of damaged lands.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">North American
Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) is soon publishing this </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">year’s pollinator
poster – and it’s all about endangered pollinators and their habitats! You can soon
order copies on the Pollinator Partnership website here <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://pollinator.org/shop/posters" style="color:blue">http://pollinator.org/shop/posters</a></span></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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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:"Times New Roman",serif">Upcoming
Events:</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, “What Darwin Couldn't Know: Modern
Perspectives on Crop Plant Origins,” presented by the Smithsonian's National
Museum of Natural History Department of Botany will be held on Friday, May 17,
2019. The Symposium will focus on current research into the domestication of
crops and their wild relatives as well as ornamental plants. The deadline for
abstract submission is April 12, 2019. More information can be found at <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a>botany.si.edu/sbs/</a></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Pollinator Partnership is proud to announce that
June 17-23, 2019 has been designated National Pollinator Week.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> There will be several events during Pollinator
Week held across the country, find an event near you 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>pollinator.org/pollinator-week</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> More information about various events will be
distributed on the PCA listserv.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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 class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="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></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;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:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank
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 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>