<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font face="Futura">In one month! All are invited!</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font face="Futura"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3QUkN3lgGPTRPjUOKsCKWyVRFZLFk4ODn2HdIXn8xKCmNaw/viewform?usp=header">Sign up to Present!</a> (Before 5/26)</font></div></div><div><img src="cid:C36FEA2E-340A-4C1C-A99D-5B97FA378DD6" alt="Untitled_Artwork 28.png" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"></div><br><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><font face="Futura"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; 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;">UCR's Center for Conservation Biology presents the 8th annual</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; 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">EcoSlam!</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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;"><font face="Futura">Tuesday, June 2, 2025 3pm-5pm</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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">At the UCR Botanic Gardens</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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">All academic levels are welcomed to attend and compete in </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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">5-minute lightning talks on original research.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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">$$ Prizes awarded! $$</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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">EcoSlam is an event for students working in all fields of conservation, ecology, restoration, environmental studies, and natural resource management. </font></span></p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Futura"><br><br></font></span><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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">Keynote speaker Dr. Sarah Kimball: </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Understanding Natural Communities: </span></u></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Collaborating Plants and People</span></u></font></font></span><font color="#000000" face="Futura" size="4"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>”</u></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><font face="Futura"><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></u></font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt 30pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">EcoSlam is an event for students interested in conservation, ecology, restoration, and natural resource management. All academic levels are welcomed to attend and compete. 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="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> for any questions.</span></span></p></div></body></html>