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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Kevin Bonine [kebonine@u.arizona.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 02, 2012 4:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kevin Bonine<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Presession Summer 2012 Field Ecology - New Course<br>
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<div>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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I am writing to ask you to please advertise an upcoming course that will run during Presession 2012 (14 May - 02 June): Ecology and Natural History of the Sonoran Desert and Upper Gulf of California (ECOL 463/563).<br>
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If you teach a course perhaps you could announce this opportunity to your students.
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If you are in charge of a listserv or a bulletin board perhaps you could forward the email or post the flyer (attached).<br>
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Thank you and best wishes,<br>
Kevin<br>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal">New Field Course! University of Arizona, ECOL 463/563</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Ecology & Natural History of the Sonoran Desert & Upper Gulf of California</span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Summer PRESESSION 2012 = 3 weeks: 14 May – 02 June 2012</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i>Hands-on learning & field research projects with faculty/scientists</i></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal">2012 Course Schedule:</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>Biosphere 2:<span>
</span></u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Learn ecosystem research at B2. Survey desert & foothill habitats. Meet experts & their study species.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>Santa Catalina</u><u> Mountains</u><u>:<span>
</span></u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Camp at 8,000’ to explore elevational zonation & sky island biomes of Sonoran region.
</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>Arizona-Sonora</u><u> Desert Museum</u><u>:
</u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Visit world-renowned education & research facility in the heart of the Sonoran Desert.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>UA Campus:<span>
</span></u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Base of operations while exploring ASDM, Saguaro National Park, Tumamoc Hill, & other Tucson locales.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>Organ</u><u> Pipe Cactus National Monument</u><u>:
<span> </span></u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Camp several nights learning about drier parts of Sonoran Desert. Meet Park Service Biologists.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve:<span>
</span></u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Discover lava fields, volcanic craters, & giant star dunes in northern Sonora, Mexico.
</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u>CEDO Field Station in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
</u></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
… for 30 years has been studying, educating , & conserving in the Upper Gulf of California.
</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>
Bunk at CEDO to investigate the coast, beach, and estuaries by foot, kayak, & boat.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Cost: <span>
</span>Presession Tuition, 4-6 credits, Honors Credit Available.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Additional Course Fee $1250 for course transportation, lodging, 85% of meals, field supplies, etc.</p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">learn more at:
<b>kebonine.faculty.arizona.edu/courses</b></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<span>Dr. Kevin Bonine, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kebonine@u.arizona.edu">
kebonine@u.arizona.edu</a>, 520 626 0092</span><br>
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