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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Hi Nature Lovers,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Would you like to help enjoy the </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Catoctin Mountain National</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>MD </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>bioblitz at the Sierra Club Jamboree and experience bats, frogs, butterflies, mushrooms, bats, ferns, flowers, mammals, birds, and snails all together. How about that! You are welcome to participate in the bioblitz</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> <b>during the Maryland Chapter Sierra Club 2015 Jamboree,</b> <b><i>Friday October 16th to Sunday October 18th, 2015</i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>There is a great reduction in deer density. 20/square mile is a natural level. 35/square mile is excellent work by the Catoctin Mountain National Park staff. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Could you forward this announcement to</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>potential participants.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Jamboree is the Maryland Sierra Club's biennial gathering. It's a great chance to get involved in our campaigns to protect our air, water, and natural places, and to meet your fellow Sierrans. Hear from amazing keynote speakers, participate in grassroots organizing training, and enjoy the outdoors on one of our guided nature hikes in Maryland's treasured Catoctin Mountain National Park. <a href="http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Ticketing/1110268681;jsessionid=20370FC8235804CB6C3C59DECC636E05.app201a?view=Tickets&id=178041"><span style='color:#0291C7;text-decoration:none'>Join us</span></a> for this fun-filled weekend with live music, environmental workshops, and great people!<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:10.9pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.9pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1E9E09'>Highlights & Features</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Workshops on energy resources, waste, land use<span style='color:#1F497D'> including invasive species and deer control</span>, agriculture and clean water<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Guided nature hikes with experts<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Educational workshops<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Campfire, live music, and games<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Grassroots organizing trainings<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Auctions to benefit the MD Sierra Club<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.... and much more!<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>We are seeking all folks who know some of the plants,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>animals, and fungi to share their findings on the bioblitz</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>with everone that participates. Please respond if you can participate on any day at any time, including early morning and late evening. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Bioblitzes were first started by Kenilworth Gardens in Maryland. A bioblitz is a biological tour of a natural area during which people who can identify some of the plants or animals (or fungi) share their knowledge with hikers as well as each other as they come across the critters. The information is also used for scientific and conservation purposes. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><b><span style='color:green'>BioBlitz, (from Wikipedia) is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups of scientists, naturalists and volunteers conduct an intensive field study over a short period of time. </span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Special features</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Enjoyment. Instead of a highly structured and measured field survey, this sort of event has the atmosphere of a festival. The short time frame makes the searching more exciting.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Local. The concept of biodiversity tends to be associated with coral reefs or tropical rain forests. A BioBlitz offers the chance for people to visit a nearby setting and see that local parks also have biodiversity and are important to conserve.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Science. These one-day events gather basic taxonomic information on some groups of species.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Meet the Scientists. A BioBlitz encourages people to meet working scientists and ask them questions.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Identifying Rare and Unique Species/Groups. When volunteers and scientists work together, they are able to identify uncommon or special habitats for protection and management, and in some cases rare species may be uncovered.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Documenting Species Occurrence. BioBlitzes do not provide a complete species inventory for a site, but they provide a species list which makes a basis for a more complete inventory and will often show what area, or what taxon would benefit from a further study. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'> Marc Imlay, PhD <br><br>Conservation biologist, MNCPPC, 3014425657 </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div>
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