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Advisory Committee Meeting UpdateApril 18, 2016 Our Advisory Committee met last month in Nashville, and we had a very productive meeting! Discussions included the deliverables the Initiative has produced since it began, including the initial planning of the 4th Biennial Shortleaf Pine Conference, the launch of the SPI website (hosted by our friends at SREF), and the publishing of the long-awaited Shortleaf Pine Restoration Plan (SPRP). The SPRP will be formally released at the 2016 Southeast Conference for Land and Community Conservation sponsored by the Southeast Land Trust Alliance on May 13, 2016, in Birmingham, AL. It will be available on the website after the conference, with a webinar to follow. Along with a review of 2015, we discussed the Initiative’s current objectives and areas of focus to keep us on track with the deliverables listed in the SPRP, including professional training, seedling production, and demonstration areas. The meeting concluded with an around-the-room discussion by our Advisory Committee members about the mission of the organizations they represent, and how their mission overlaps with SPI’s. It was great to see the common threads running between our partners, and how working together helps each of us achieve our goals. |
