<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jenna Cittadino</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jenna@7thgenerationadvisors.org">jenna@7thgenerationadvisors.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 1:38 PM<br>Subject: Utom Conservation Fund Scholarships for High School Seniors and Undergrads and Fellowships for Grad Students!<br>To: Jenna Cittadino <<a href="mailto:jenna@7thgenerationadvisors.org">jenna@7thgenerationadvisors.org</a>><br>Cc: Kristina Haddad <<a href="mailto:kristina@7thgenerationadvisors.org">kristina@7thgenerationadvisors.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="m_-7870856588064148857xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa">We are reaching out to staff of local colleges near the Utom watershed in Southern California to let you know about a
<a href="https://utomriverconservation.org/scholarships-2/" target="_blank">scholarship</a>/<a href="https://utomriverconservation.org/scholarship-program-b/" target="_blank">fellowship</a> opportunity for your students through the <a href="https://utomriverconservation.org/" target="_blank">Utom Conservation
Fund</a>. We would love if you can share information about the opportunity with your students!</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-7870856588064148857xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa">An alliance of cultural and environmental organizations launched the program for students committed to the protection of Southern
California’s signature river, the Utom (Santa Clara) river. The Utom Conservation Fund Scholarship and Fellowship program will be awarded to high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate school students committed to researching and preserving the cultural
values and ecological function of the Utom watershed. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-7870856588064148857xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa">Utom, or Phantom River, was named by the Chumash people because water flow can come and go like a phantom. Also known as the Santa
Clara River, the 116-mile-long river flows from the Angeles National Forest in northern Los Angeles County to the Pacific Ocean near Oxnard in Ventura County. It is the largest Southern California watershed that is still in a relatively natural state and features
rich biodiversity. California red-legged frogs, unarmored threespine sticklebacks and more than 110 special-status plants and animals rely on Utom. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt">The scholarship and fellowship fund is managed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and the California Native Plant Society. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt">There will be 25 scholarships worth $2,000 each awarded to incoming high school seniors and undergraduate students from junior colleges or four-year universities. The fellowships are for graduate
students pursuing a master’s degree or doctorate in an environmental field and planning on a research project specific to the Utom watershed. There will be scholarships worth $12,500 each awarded to four graduate students. </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt">Special consideration will be given to underserved students and students from federally unrecognized tribes. </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-7870856588064148857xxxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa">The Utom Conservation Fund was established with settlement money from litigation to protect this unique watershed. Visit </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://em.networkforgood.com/ls/click?upn=VAGGw4zHikj3d-2F5242H3ZtPrPHsgXFV9udpO-2Bhd8OkI-2BDxHGEk-2F-2B2IjmSHvU4UwTvYSL_UZmxoDScFcC9Q2-2FAs4zTFtAGEHaIbKdQIHhE6nmPScE6Kb6OpNo1O5C7rnF7ZYrim2TV8KYXVeDTxU2W86oZtH-2B2VKm-2FmUqpcYxjhHw2UTXzjl6-2FmVPIl-2BFrl5OlF9OQHxASy2zRZiZsjX2c-2Fk2Dq6Fb0qrpX6S0VigKfDmGzu3T0kVORMgtmV6llG3tCvuJbA-2FCP7rHqmM1kvyPRA2xBw-3D-3D" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cd540e;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa">UtomRiverConservation.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#441f0d;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:#fafafa"> for
more information about the scholarships and the application process.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Jenna Cittadino</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
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