<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20536">Hi Kathy,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20536"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20536"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20718">The article below might be of interest to BSW members.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20536"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div tabindex="0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20510" style="outline: none 0px; display: table; width: 946px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20511"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20512"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20513"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20514"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20720"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.173;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20515">Biological specimen troves threatened by funding pause</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20516"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20517"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20518"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20519"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20717">Article in Nature (News & Comment) on the recent decision by the US National Science Foundation that cuts $3 - $5 million a year in grants (equivalent to roughly 0.06% of the agency’s $7.5-billion budget for fiscal year 2016) primarily used to maintain biological collections such as herbaria. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20520"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20521"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20522"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20523"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20716">The program “could be reinstated, but potentially with a new focus”. Fortunately, NSF is asking for feedback on the program. "<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20524">During this time, the program has been asked to evaluate its value to the research and education community. As part of this evaluation we welcome feedback from any stakeholders, including individuals, institutions, and professional societies."</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20525"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20715">Let them know how invaluable our biological collections are! Follow the link bellow to add your comments.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20526"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20527"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20528"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://dbinsfblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/csbr-fy17/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20529"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20831">https://dbinsfblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/csbr-fy17/</font></a></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20530"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20531"></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20532"><font face="HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="3">Link to the online Nature News story:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20533"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nature.com/news/biological-specimen-troves-threatened-by-funding-pause-1.19599" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20534">Biological specimen troves threatened by funding pause</a></font></div><div style="width: 450px; 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line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20576">Biological specimen troves threatened by funding pause</span></a><div style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); max-height: 81px; overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20582">Decision by US National Science Foundation could hamper research on conservation biology, climate change and invasive species.</div></div></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20596"><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20595"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; font-size: 4pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20594"></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20585"><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20835"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="font-size: 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1459805227270_20834"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/biological-specimen-troves-threatened-by-funding-pause-1.19599" class="link-enhancr-card-url link-enhancr-element" style="color: black; 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