<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Save the Date! You're invited!</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">UCR's Center for Conservation Biology presents the 7th annual</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font size="7" face="Academy Engraved LET" style="font-style: normal;">EcoSlam!</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><u>Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3pm-5pm</u></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At the UCR Botanic Gardens</span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">All academic levels are welcomed to attend and compete in 5 minute lightning talks on original research.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">$$ Prizes awarded! $$</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">EcoSlam is an event for students working in all fields of conservation, ecology, restoration, environmental studies, and natural resource management. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keynote speaker Dr. Alison Ormsby: </span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start; font-style: normal;"><font face="Academy Engraved LET" size="5"><u>"Bridging Nature and Culture: from Global Sacred Forests to Documenting California's Biodiversity"</u></font></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Please share! Email </span><a href="mailto:mbuck007@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif;">mbuck007@ucr.edu</a><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> for any questions.</span></div></body></html>