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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">The applications are now available for the Sierra Nevada California Naturalist Immersion Course 2018!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications are posted at: <a href="http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/form/calnat2018app">
http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/form/calnat2018app</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The course runs for one full week from September 30 to August 6, 2018, starting in Wawona, Yosemite National Park, and ending in Mammoth Lakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Applications are due by August 1. We will evaluate our applicants for a variety of criteria, particularly their ability to serve the stewardship of natural resources and education of communities in the Sierra
Nevada region. (Applications are NOT first come, first served.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">More information on the course can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/calnat">http://snrs.ucmerced.edu/calnat</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://calnat.ucanr.edu/About_the_program/">http://calnat.ucanr.edu/About_the_program/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please share this announcement widely! Contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-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",serif;font-variant:small-caps">Director, UC Merced Yosemite and Sequoia Field Stations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Iowan Old Style",serif;font-variant:small-caps">PO Box 2117 | 7799 Chilnualna Falls Rd | Wawona, CA 95389<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Iowan Old Style",serif;font-variant:small-caps">office 209-375-9917 | cell 209-628-1064</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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