<div dir="ltr">Just a reminder in case you haven't gotten to registering.....<br><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Monique Kolster</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mkolster@ucmerced.edu">mkolster@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:35 AM<br>Subject: Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve Symposium- March 21, 2018<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">You are invited to the UC Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve Symposium to be held at the Half Dome—Crescent Arch Room on the UC Merced campus on
Wednesday, March 21, 8:30-2:00 pm.<span> </span>Please join us as we celebrate and hear about some of the cutting edge research that is being conducted on the Reserve!<span>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">For a schedule, list of all our speakers, details, and to register, please go to: </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/merced-vernal-pools-and-grassland-reserve-symposium-tickets-43261509339" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" id="m_-7722779498202545412LPlnk222261" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/<wbr>merced-vernal-pools-and-<wbr>grassland-reserve-symposium-<wbr>tickets-43261509339</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria"></span></p>
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Please join us as we celebrate and hear about the cutting edge research that is being conducted on the UC Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve! SCHEDULE Half Dome-Crescent Arch Room (Housing Area) 8:30am Refreshments: Coffee and
pastries 8:50am Introduction 9:00-9:30am Conservation genomics of endangered California tiger salamanders—Brad Shaffer, Distinguished Professor, UC Los Angeles 9:30-9:50am Hydrologic monitoring and modeling for
management and restoration analysis at Avocet Pond—Anna Fryoff-Hung, Master’s student, UC Merced 9:50-10:10am Monitoring soil moisture from unmanned aerial vehicles: Surface soil moisture retrieval using machine learning and multi-spectral images—Samuel
Araya, PhD candidate, UC Merced 10:10-10:30am Using environmental DNA to monitor for listed vernal pools fairy shrimp in California—Shannon</div>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 14</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria">.</span></p>
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