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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hello everyone! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It's easy to get swept away in the whirlwind of spring as folks return to field work, prepare for conferences, or just try to keep up with the weeds in our own gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">But there is no better time to pause and celebrate everything plants bring to our lives than during</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-hirono-introduce-resolution-designating-april-2021-national-native" title="https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-hirono-introduce-resolution-designating-april-2021-national-native">National
Native Plant Month</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please enjoy this small sampling of recent good news related to native plants and seeds:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Articles:</b></span></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/science/beal-seeds-experiment.html" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/science/beal-seeds-experiment.html"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the
Dirt</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - New York Times</span><br>
</li><li><a href="https://appliedeco.org/correctional-horticulture-in-the-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation/" title="https://appliedeco.org/correctional-horticulture-in-the-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Correctional
Horticulture in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - IAE</span><br>
</li><li><a href="https://www.bgci.org/news-events/budburst-mobile-app-launched-by-chicago-botanic-garden/" title="https://www.bgci.org/news-events/budburst-mobile-app-launched-by-chicago-botanic-garden/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Budburst Mobile App Launched
by Chicago Botanic Garden</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - BGCI</span></li><li><a href="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2021/4/16/native-plants-make-every-day-earth-day" title="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2021/4/16/native-plants-make-every-day-earth-day"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Native Plants Make Every Day
Earth Day</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - In Defense of Plants</span></li><li><a href="https://www.nacdnet.org/2021/04/22/friends-of-nacd-district-grant-helps-richland-swcd-launch-a-seed-sanctuary-and-garner-new-public-awareness/" title="https://www.nacdnet.org/2021/04/22/friends-of-nacd-district-grant-helps-richland-swcd-launch-a-seed-sanctuary-and-garner-new-public-awareness/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friends
of NACD District Grant Helps Richland SWCD Launch a Seed Sanctuary and Garner New Public Awareness</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - National Association of Conservation Districts</span><br>
</li><li><a href="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2021-04-22/ordinary-species-could-have-extraordinary-implications" title="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2021-04-22/ordinary-species-could-have-extraordinary-implications"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ordinary
Species Could Have Extraordinary Implications</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - NPR</span><br>
</li><li><a href="https://thisismold.com/mold-magazine/what-seed-biology-can-teach-us-about-shared-survival" title="https://thisismold.com/mold-magazine/what-seed-biology-can-teach-us-about-shared-survival"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Seeding Viable Futures:
What Seed Biology Can Teach Us About Shared Survival</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> - Mold Magazine</span></li></ul>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Upcoming Conferences:</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Center for Plant Conservation: </span><span><a href="https://saveplants.org/national-meeting/" id="LPlnk618442"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://saveplants.org/national-meeting/</span></a><br>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">BLM PCRP Lead, Peggy Olwell, will give the keynote address and participate on the Climate Panel</span><br>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Society for Ecological Restoration 2021 Virtual World Conference: </span><a href="http://ser2021.org/" id="LPlnk"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">http://ser2021.org/</span></a><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Botanical Society of America: </span><a href="http://www.botanyconference.org/" id="LPlnk"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">http://www.botanyconference.org/</span></a></li><div class="_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview _EReadonly_1"></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Podcasts:</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In Defense of Plants - </span><a href="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2021/4/11/ep-312-the-importance-of-seed-banking" title="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2021/4/11/ep-312-the-importance-of-seed-banking"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
Importance of Seed Banking</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> with A</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tlanta Botanical Garden's Micropropagation and Seed Bank Coordinator, Jason Ligon</span><br>
</li><li><a href="http://natureserve.org/connect/conservation-conversations-sean-obrien" title="http://natureserve.org/connect/conservation-conversations-sean-obrien"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">NatureServe: Conservation Conversations with Sean O'Brien</span></a></li></ul>
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