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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">FYI. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">The University of Arizona Herbarium and the Arizona Native Plant Society will be conducting two, short, non-credit course for people interested in either 1) grass identification or 2) general plant identification,
collecting, and processing protocols for herbaria. If you are interested in either, or both, please contact:
<a href="mailto:ries.lindley@gmail.com" target="_blank">ries.lindley@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Grass Class</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Dates: August 12 and 26 (this is a single 2-day class)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Times: 9 AM to 3 PM-ish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Where: University of Arizona Herbarium in Herring Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Fee: About $40 (we don't know the cost of materials yet)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">This class is a rather intense crash course in grass identification. The class is meant for people who are seriously interested in identifying species in a difficult family. About half the time each day will
be spent on understanding grass terminology, and the remaining half will be spent as lab time identifying and understanding specimens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><a href="https://aznps.com/papaz-project/"><span class="gmail-il"><b>PAPAZ</b></span><b> (Plant Atlas Project of Arizona)</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Dates: August 18, 19, and 20 (this a single 3-day class)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Times: 9 AM to 3 PM-ish <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Where: University of Arizona Herbarium in Herring Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Fee: Attendees are asked to spend a minimum of two days in the future collecting for any
<span class="gmail-il">PAPAZ</span> project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">This class is for people new to plant collecting.
<span class="gmail-il">PAPAZ</span> class is a Botany 101 course in 3 days. Two days are spent in the herbarium learning fundamental plant terminology, plant ID, herbarium protocols, and botanical-study resources. The third day is a field course in plant collection.
People who complete the course will be ready to work on any of the various <span class="gmail-il">
PAPAZ</span> projects in Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#888888">Ries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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