<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Firestone, Chris K</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfirestone@pa.gov">cfirestone@pa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:45 PM<br>Subject: [PCA] Register Now for 2014 PA Botany Symposium to Take Advantage of Early Bird Registration<br>To: "<a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="480" style="width:5.0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="293" style="width:3.05in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060">Early Bird rates for all Symposium Events</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="158" style="width:118.2pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060"><a><span style="color:#606060">View this email in your browser</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="480" style="width:5.0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:2.85pt"><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:2.85pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="480" style="width:5.0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="480" style="width:5.0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:green">2014 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium</span><u></u><u></u></h1><h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><br><strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">November 7-8</span></strong><br><strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:green">Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:green">State College, Pennsylvania</span><u></u><u></u></h2><p 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l room now</span></a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:darkgreen">.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060"> A limited number of rooms is available at our discounted group rate</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><br><br><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">We are grateful to the sponsors who have provided financial support for the 2014 symposium to date as they have allowed us to keep registration costs very reasonable.  In particular, we would like to thank:</span></em></span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><br></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><br>Skelly and Loy, Inc.<br>Powdermill Nature Reserve<br>Cleveland Museum of Natural History<br>Pennsylvania Native Plant Society<br>Pennsylvania Landscape and Nurseryman’s Association<br>Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania<br>GAI Consultants, Inc. <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="480" style="width:5.0in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060">Copyright © 2014 PA Botany, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><br>If you have received this message more than once, please accept our apologies.<br><br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><a href="mailto:pabotany2@gmail.com?subject=Please%20add%20this%20address%20to%20your%20PA%20Botany%20mailings" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">To add your e-mail address to the PA Botany mailing list, click here.</span></a><br><a href="mailto:pabotany1@gmail.com?subject=Please%20remove%20me%20from%20your%20mailing%20list." target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Unsubscribe from this list</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060">  </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060"><br>  <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Chris Firestone | </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Wild Plant Program Manager</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Bureau of Forestry</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Tioga State Forest</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">One Nessmuk Lane | Wellsboro, PA  16901<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Phone: 570-724-8149 | Fax: 570-724-6575<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#000099">  <a href="mailto:rregester@state.pa.us" target="_blank">cfirestone@pa.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#c69200"><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#c69200">www.dcnr.state.pa.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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