<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><title>THURSDAY! - CalBotSoc Botany Speaker: Andrew Clare</title><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Georgia;
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";
panose-1:2 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;
line-height:150%;
font-size:30.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#222222;
font-weight:bold;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:150%;
font-size:25.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#222222;
font-weight:bold;}
h3
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:150%;
font-size:16.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#444444;
font-weight:bold;}
h4
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;
line-height:125%;
font-size:15.0pt;
font-family:"Georgia",serif;
color:#949494;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:italic;}
h5
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
font-weight:bold;}
h6
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;}
span.Heading3Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 3 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F4D78;}
span.Heading4Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 4 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;
font-style:italic;}
span.Heading5Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 5 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;}
span.Heading6Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 6 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F4D78;}
p.readmsgbody, li.readmsgbody, div.readmsgbody
{mso-style-name:readmsgbody;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.externalclass, li.externalclass, div.externalclass
{mso-style-name:externalclass;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.mcnimage, li.mcnimage, div.mcnimage
{mso-style-name:mcnimage;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.mcnretinaimage, li.mcnretinaimage, div.mcnretinaimage
{mso-style-name:mcnretinaimage;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.headercontainer, li.headercontainer, div.headercontainer
{mso-style-name:headercontainer;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.bodycontainer, li.bodycontainer, div.bodycontainer
{mso-style-name:bodycontainer;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.footercontainer, li.footercontainer, div.footercontainer
{mso-style-name:footercontainer;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.mcntextcontent, li.mcntextcontent, div.mcntextcontent
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.mcnpreviewtext, li.mcnpreviewtext, div.mcnpreviewtext
{mso-style-name:mcnpreviewtext;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
display:none;}
p.mcntextcontent1, li.mcntextcontent1, div.mcntextcontent1
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent1;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:150%;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#757575;}
p.mcntextcontent2, li.mcntextcontent2, div.mcntextcontent2
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent2;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:150%;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#757575;}
p.mcntextcontent3, li.mcntextcontent3, div.mcntextcontent3
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent3;
margin-top:7.5pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0in;
text-align:center;
line-height:150%;
font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:white;}
span.org
{mso-style-name:org;}
span.locality
{mso-style-name:locality;}
span.region
{mso-style-name:region;}
span.postal-code
{mso-style-name:postal-code;}
span.EmailStyle42
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Membership [mailto:<a href="mailto:membership@calbotsoc.org">membership@calbotsoc.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:amy.litt@ucr.edu">amy.litt@ucr.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> THURSDAY! - CalBotSoc Botany Speaker: Andrew Clare</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="background:#083707;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="144" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e/images/e919ca33-1471-fcdb-6617-d2bf054bf455.png"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:27.0pt 0in 40.5pt 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover" id="templateBody"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:600px!important"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;background:cover;background-size:cover"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">THURSDAY, September 11, 2025 7-8 pm PT</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Botany Speaker </span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew Clare</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">"It All Connects at the Frank and Joan Randall Preserve"</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%;float:left"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="564" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e/images/2be96a31-a180-5788-ac78-1884e6d65e32.jpg"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">TALK DESCRIPTION</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Direct from the Frank and Joan Randall Preserve at the Tehachapi Mountains, Andrew Clare will provide insight on the stewardship and scientific efforts that go into managing The Nature Conservancy’s largest property in California. We will discuss the impact of TNC’s ambitious connectivity project to the region and what compels nature lovers like himself to the Preserve- all while sharing his experiences with field biology and appreciation of unique natural spaces. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#285513;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:3px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=a2f08e4eee&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="Information and Zoom Link"><b><span style="color:white;letter-spacing:-.4pt;text-decoration:none">Information and Zoom Link</span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%;float:left"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="564" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e/images/4ef6447c-dbbc-5dac-80fa-988420337b4e.jpg"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">BIO</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew Clare is a Stewardship Coordinator with The Nature Conservancy and a lifelong proponent of taking the scenic route. With a background, working in the background, of projects from the Great Lakes to the West Coast—he has enjoyed the wide world of field work and project management that a degree in biology offers (shout-out: Central Michigan University!) His pastimes include harvesting responsibly from nature, watersports, or traveling anywhere from his home base of Tehachapi, CA.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#285513;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:3px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=2704fc980a&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="JOIN US Sept. 11th @ 7PM! "><b><span style="color:white;letter-spacing:-.4pt;text-decoration:none">JOIN US Sept. 11th @ 7PM! </span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">UPCOMING BOTANY TALKS</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">11-Sep:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"> Andrew Clare, Stewardship Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy in California, Randall Preserve</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">9-Oct: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Jodi M. McGraw, Ecologist and Principal, Jodi McGraw Consulting</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">13-Nov:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"> Marty Purdy, Assistant State Botanist, Endangered Plants Program, New Mexico Forestry Division</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">11-Dec: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Walter Fertig, Collections Manager, Marion Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><br><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=d6e157f20e&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal">View Recordings of Past Talks on our YouTube Channel</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#285513;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:3px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=9ebdedeab8&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP"><b><span style="color:white;letter-spacing:-.4pt;text-decoration:none">RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP</span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background:#333333;padding:33.75pt 0in 47.25pt 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover" id="templateFooter"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:600px!important"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;background:cover;background-size:cover"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;float:left"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=eac2d1f1c7&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-facebook-48.png" alt="Facebook"></span></a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=7748835385&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-twitter-48.png" alt="Twitter"></span></a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=511d0293d3&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-instagram-48.png" alt="Link"></span></a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=1d1db84cff&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-light-link-48.png" alt="Website"></span></a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width:100%"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width:100%"><tr><td style="border:none;border-top:solid #505050 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%"></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">Copyright © 2025 California Botanical Society, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white"> <br>You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. <br><br><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Our mailing address is:</span></strong> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span class="org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">California Botanical Society</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white"></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">C/O Jepson Herbarium</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span class="locality"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">Berkeley</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">, <span class="region">CA</span> <span class="postal-code">94720-2465</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white"><br><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=f435e548fd"><span style="color:white">Add us to your address book</span></a></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white"><br><br>Want to change how you receive these emails?<br>You can <a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=f435e548fd&e=b69ac08598&c=a979993d36"><span style="color:white">update your preferences</span></a> or <a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=f435e548fd&t=b&e=b69ac08598&c=a979993d36"><span style="color:white">unsubscribe from this list</span></a>. <br><br><a href="https://login.mailchimp.com/signup/email-referral/?aid=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e"><span style="color:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="137" height="53" id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/monkey_rewards/intuit-mc-rewards-2.png" alt="Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp"></span></a></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=a979993d36&e=b69ac08598"></p></div></div></body></html>