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<b>Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply: Interim Report<br>
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<div><b>Friday, November 13, 2020, 12:30-1:30 ET</b></div>
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<div>Native seeds are vital to the recovery of millions of acres of U.S. land that have been disturbed by human activities or severe weather events. They play an essential but under-recognized role in maintaining the health of the nation’s parks and forests,
rangelands, roadsides, lands recovered after energy development, and other natural and semi-natural areas, including in urban areas, where they are in high demand for “green” infrastructure like green roofs and bioswales for stormwater management.</div>
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<div>Supplying the desired seed types and species mixes for these activities is a challenge, in part because of the varied climatic and environmental niches of the more than 17,000 native plant species of the United States. With input from federal agency representatives,
city planners, restoration practitioners, seed suppliers, and other experts from across the system, this interim report provides a set of observations about the complexities of the U.S. native seed supply chain.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">The interim report is available NOW from the National Academies Press. Read or download the report here: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25859/an-assessment-of-the-need-for-native-seeds-and-the-capacity-for-their-supply.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"> A public webinar and Q&A session will be held on Friday, November 13 from 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Register for the webinar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-assessment-of-native-seed-needs-and-capacities-interim-report-webinar-tickets-125369067255.
The webinar will be recorded but please register to be notified when it is posted.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">In addition to the November 13 public session, Dr. Kay Havens (Senior Director of Ecology and Conservation and Senior Scientist at Chicago Botanic Garden), a member of the Assessment committee
and Chair of the non-federal PCA committee, will briefly report on the phase 2 data-collection plan and opportunities for PCA Collaborators to provide input at the PCA meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 (2-4 pm EST).</span></div>
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