<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;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6084a02b-7fff-37b2-2da9-4d1f5afdacb9" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Futura">In one week! All are invited!</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Futura"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqr3pp_UODICcvur6XAP1EqhXaccaS-hypxwdE1kPM7pHKMA/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></a><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqr3pp_UODICcvur6XAP1EqhXaccaS-hypxwdE1kPM7pHKMA/viewform"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqr3pp_UODICcvur6XAP1EqhXaccaS-hypxwdE1kPM7pHKMA/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UCR's Center for Conservation Biology presents the 7th annual</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EcoSlam!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3pm-5pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the UCR Botanic Gardens</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All academic levels are welcomed to attend and compete in </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5-minute lightning talks on original research.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">$$ Prizes awarded! $$</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EcoSlam is an event for students working in all fields of conservation, ecology, restoration, environmental studies, and natural resource management. </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keynote speaker Dr. Alison Ormsby: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Bridging Nature and Culture: from Global Sacred Forests to Documenting California's Biodiversity"</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please share! Email mbuck007@ucr.edu or gmone001@ucr.edu for any questions.</span></p><br></span></div></body></html>