<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">-- <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><img border="0" width="300" height="30" id="m_-1852066075913378509m_-9196102238306363183m_-1076842592479910205m_-3122574764627657566_x0000_i1025" src="https://webfonts.brand.ucsb.edu/WordArt/UC_Santa_Barbara_Wordmark_Navy_RGB.300x30.png" alt="UC Santa Barbara" style="width:3.125in;height:0.3125in"></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">***************************************************************************</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">UCSB Sea Turtle Field Course and Expedition Group </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">2 WEEK PROGRAM  |  COSTA RICA  |  SUMMER 2026 </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Check out our<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/" target="_blank">WEBSITE</a> </font><span style="color:black">and</span></span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(53,53,53)"> </span><b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/application" target="_blank">APPLY</a></span></u></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#0000ff"><a href="https://biomatravel.org" target="_blank">https://biomatravel.org</a> </font><b><u><br></u></b></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Created by a graduate and lecturer from UC Santa Bárbara - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, BIOMA has provided to over two thousand university students worldwide with a two-week intensive academic & high quality sea turtle experiential learning and hands-on research experience. Our participants collaborate side by side with experts to learn about sea turtle biology, ecology and management while doing impactful on-site conservation work and living in a local community. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Student teams (about 18 like-minded students per group), will build skills of real world application, boost their resume and knowledge while discovering incredible landscapes at Costa Rica’s Pacific sunshine coast. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Join us at</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,53,53)"> </span><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/" target="_blank">B</a>ioma</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"> </span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,53,53)"> </span><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://biomatravel.or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nistry of Environment </span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(80,0,80)">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Apply what you learned in class into the field and connect with people & nature.</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(80,0,80)">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <span> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Over 15 years of experience and more than two thousand students. </span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Come Join us! <i>“Limited spaces available”. </i></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">*******************************************************************************</span></p></div></div></div></div>
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