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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'>To Friends and Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'>RE: Herbarium at the University of Maryland – Funding Cut <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'>The message, below, was forwarded to me by a family member who is a biologist with the State of Maryland. I pass it along to see if additional support can be provided to this august institution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#031883'>FAH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'>Freddie Ann Hoffman, MD</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#131989'>H</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#131989'>eteroGeneity, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#131989'>LLC</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'>5611 16th Street, NW</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'>Washington, DC 20011-6809 USA</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'>T: 202.545.6843 F: 202.545.6844</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'><a href="mailto:fhoffman@heterogeneity-LLC.com"><span style='color:#131989'>fhoffman@heterogeneity-LLC.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:#131989'><a href="http://www.heterogeneity-llc.com/"><span style='color:#131989'>www.heterogeneity-LLC.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#131989'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#031883'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3764"><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentColor currentColor;border-image: none' id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3763"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3762"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> Maryland Native Plant Society [mailto:info@mdflora.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 29, 2016 2:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> K @montgomeryplanning.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Maryland's Herbarium in Trouble</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3761"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm writing to share some disturbing news. We recently learned that the <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>University of Maryland, home to the Norton-Brown Herbarium, is planning to drastically reduce funding for the herbarium</span></strong><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>. Unless reversed, this decision is likely to result in closure of Maryland's premier herbarium</span>. As you surely know, ongoing collections like these are critical to the study of our natural environment. No other herbarium comes close to the Norton Brown Herbarium in the scope of its Maryland collections. Actual specimens are the most reliable--perhaps the only reliable--basis for determining the existence and geographic distribution of plant species, as well as their genetic and morphological characteristics. Especially during times of rapid environmental change, this data is critically important.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3787"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The MNPS Board of Directors sent a letter to University officials urging them to continue supporting the Herbarium. Here is a link to the letter on our website: <a href="http://mdflora.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=Jd3ebXD4kiAfYA8vRnQIKVew6Vq3vUXTCOHLN7jZQ7fUG2cVgYwfMJP6I2AXdOwShMXZxH0%2fWBsmounviLey9KOHrxwFtUGkInogLA%2buJLg%3d" target="_blank">MNPS-Norton Brown Letter</a>.<br><br><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3788"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Please show the University that the naturalist community in Maryland cares about the Norton-Brown Herbarium.</span></strong> Here is the email contact information. </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1480510121303_3790"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Wallace D. Loh, President: <a href="mailto:president@umd.edu" target="_blank">president@umd.edu</a><br>Dr. Craig Beyrouty, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources: <a href="mailto:beyrouty@umd.edu" target="_blank">beyrouty@umd.edu</a><br>Dr. Angus Murphy, Chair of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture: <a href="mailto:asmurphy@umd.edu" target="_blank">asmurphy@umd.edu</a></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for all you do for the study and conservation of Maryland's biodiversity. </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Kirsten Johnson<br>President, Maryland Native Plant Society</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://mdflora.org/Sys/Unsubscribe?et=w13OWZPIfo1Y1scJsh8Mvp3TVT0T3t9cz8WVX4PGLe6jWANzFT18biiub4oZIR1tm8bMG4v7IyqIHonmsyrcZBH2N5Fx%2bKeh4zaUmUh27j6kmtBAxvDXVOL97hXnNM1gt4IdSUdhDragJuEhvgHiwpAotGeHvVKAEWEog1aZcdabrGdfwwDlgMKZwPjmFCAjQfOBcA%3d%3d&up=%3fet%3dImwTbGiAo98IM2NbemLap8nrHKmfMglJet7THYgnxsy%252bNSDsQjcTrLK0sbGC9Fe4386kEf0m2YgFjuyrfyXMm9VssENR89LSY4Uv0jr%252fPw4aXIwTKt0Ww5X3SWrbiKz%252bVLBG%252bx8MAOEQg2NxIeN7vEkH19TEs2%252bxLGGmHvCWi7Q5Bllv6SirJjJ1twjGXxxFFjOk1Q%253d%253d" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>