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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">The Asombro Institute for Science Education is hosting a BioBlitz at our Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park in Las Cruces, NM on Saturday, September 19, 2015.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">The BioBlitz has three goals:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="yiv3649619363"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Increase public awareness of (a) the diversity of plants, animals, and geology in our area and (b) the methods scientists use to survey
and study this diversity,</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="yiv3649619363"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Start an inventory of species at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park,</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="yiv3649619363"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Create an event that allows people to interact with scientists and participate in scientific endeavors with them.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">I have attached a flyer and schedule of surveys and presentations and encourage you to share this information with your colleagues and students. Directions to the Chihuahuan
Desert Nature Park can be found on our website <a href="http://www.asombro.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#196AD4">www.asombro.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 575-524-3334 or email me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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