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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve finalized dates for the Yosemite+ California Naturalist Course for 2017!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Course dates: Sunday, October 1 through Saturday, October 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This year, we’ll have the adventure of experiencing California natural history on both the west and east side of the Sierra Nevada! The course will start in Yosemite at the UC Merced Yosemite Field Station
(<a href="http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/)">http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/)</a> We’ll spend October 4 exploring the immense diversity of ecology, geology, and climate as we cross Tioga Pass from Yosemite Valley to Mammoth Lakes. We’ll spend the remainder of the course
at the UC Santa Barbara Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab (<a href="http://vesr.nrs.ucsb.edu/)">http://vesr.nrs.ucsb.edu/)</a>, just outside the town of Mammoth Lakes. This is the first year and the first CalNat course to offer such a range of California
natural history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Posted: June 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Due: July 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Confirm participation: August 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’re finalizing our cost estimates and scheduling details for the course, and those announcements will be made here on this list. Stay tuned, and we’re looking forward to exploring with you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Anne Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Iowan Old Style";font-variant:small-caps">Director, UC Merced Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Stations
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Iowan Old Style";font-variant:small-caps">7799 Chilnualna Falls Rd | Wawona, CA 95389<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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