<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>The next <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-m_-4719851847659065186gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">SOS</span></span></span> <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">Collectors</span> <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">call</span></span> is <b>Tuesday, August 6th</b>. These <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il">monthly</span> <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">calls</span></span> are required for all seed <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">collecting</span> teams. Let me know if you need the <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">call</span> </span>in information. </div><div><br></div><b>As a reminder, please send a copy of your first datasheet to the National Office for review.</b><div><br></div><div>Please submit your target species list if you have not already, these were due Tuesday April 30th. We have a new template on the website, <a href="http://blm.gov/SOS" target="_blank">BLM.gov/<span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">SOS</span></span></a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please come prepared with the following information:<br></div><div><ul><li>How many collections have you made?</li><li>How many have been sent to Bend?</li><li>How many more collections do you anticipate?</li><li>How many collections will be operational?</li><li>When does your season end?</li></ul></div><div>If you do not have a 2019 portal log in please contact me.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Just as a reminder, the <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-m_-4719851847659065186gmail-m_4659921725049071435gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-m_812560401596896045gmail-il"><span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">calls</span></span></span> take place at:</div><div><br></div><div>8 AM Alaska</div><div>9 AM Pacific</div><div>10 AM Mountain</div><div>11 AM Central</div><div>Noon Eastern</div><div><br></div></div><div>Below please find the notes from the July 2nd <span class="m_4625896578833275585gmail-il">call</span>:</div><div><br></div><div>There was a question regarding no pest strips. First, seed should always be properly dried before treating with a pest strip, we lose more seed to mold than infestations.</div><div><br></div><div>No pest strips should be used in a closed container, such as a plastic storage bin. The strips will not work if they are left out in an open room. Please use caution with the strips, when placing the strips in a bin please do so outside or in a well ventilated area, please also use gloves. DO NOT ship your seed with a pest strip, always remove seed from the bin and package separately.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">SOS Data Collection:</p>
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</span>Seed Collection Reference Number is made up of
the collector code and the sequential collection number.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Collector Code – The collector code <u>must</u>
be filled out (and filled out correctly) in order for you to go back and make
any edits to your data form. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Collection Number – is just the sequential
number of the collection. I.e. 5, 6, etc. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>The Alt. Collection Number – A secondary
identification number representing a code assigned by another institution. It
may represent another organization or individual involved in the collection, a
batch number or other numbering system previously employed by the current
institution. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>There were numerous teams that would either put
the entire Seed Collection Reference Number in the Collection Number field, or
put their Alternative Collection Number in the Collection Number field. Please
be sure you’re keeping these separate. </p>
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</span>Dates: Please utilize the first two date fields
before entering any remaining dates in the free text box. </p>
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</span>Lat/Long – Please be sure you’re entering
lat/long as DMS. If you’re GPS unit can only do Decimal Degrees or UTM’s,
that’s OK, please just convert the coordinates into DMS. PLEASE no negative
sign in the longitude, we have to go through and delete each negative sign.</p>
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</span>Location Information – Please remember that
these need to be detailed driving directions to the population location. </p>
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</span></span>Location details - should describe the driving
and hiking directions to get back to the collection site. Please provide
detailed enough information so that someone could return to the site without
GPS coordinates. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Five things to include in descriptions:</p>
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</span></span>Set the scene – a landmark point of reference
(i.e. nearest town)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Cardinal directions (avoid left/right unless you
accompany it with N/S, etc.)</p>
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</span></span>Road names (if you’re driving on a county road
for example, it’s also helpful to include any other name the road might have
i.e. County Rd. 46 might also be called Blue Hills Road)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Mileage (use the trip feature on your car to get
precise mileages between turns!)</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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>Directions to population (often folks stop their
directions at where they parked the car but please include hiking/walking
directions to the population itself)</p>
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</span>Geology, Soil texture/color – Soil information
is particularly important when thinking about where to put collections back on
the ground. Soil texturing should be done while the soil is moist. See soil
texturing flow chart on the SOS website. Your field office geologist might know
of better resources for your specific area as well. The following are great
resources for these SOS data fields:</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/">https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/technical/ecoscience/desc/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/technical/ecoscience/desc/</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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><a href="https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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><a href="https://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/Welcome/pgReportLocation.aspx?type=ESD" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/Welcome/pgReportLocation.aspx?type=ESD</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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><a href="http://usnvc.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://usnvc.org/</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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><a href="http://usnvc.org/data-standard/natural-vegetation-classification/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://usnvc.org/data-standard/natural-vegetation-classification/</a></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<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><a href="https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/</a></p>
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</span>Associated species – Please list the scientific
name for at least 5-10 of the most dominant species at your site. More species
are always appreciated. These can include native as well as non-native species.
This list does not need to be a complete flora, but should help provide a
snapshot of the plant community during the year of collection. Another issue
that we are aware of is the inability to delete associated species. We’re
looking into a solution, but, in the meantime if you need help fixing any part
of a datasheet, duplicate or incorrect associated species, you picked the wrong
collector code, whatever, just shoot me an e-mail and I can usually fix it in
minutes. </p>
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</span>Field notes to assist in identification of
pressed specimen – this field should include observed field notes only. There
is no need to include a description form a flora or Wikipedia. Appropriate
notes include flower color, smell, or any other distinguishing feature that
helped you determine the ID of the plant or features that may otherwise not be
seed in your pressed specimen. This is also a field where you can include any
other important information about your population. i.e. if you use a newer
flora that keys to a subspecies not recognized by USDA plants, you can list the
full plant name that you keyed to in this box.</p>
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</span>Elevation – please no commas</p></div></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Leah</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_4625896578833275585gmail_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>