<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">This is a really neat program started
by the Fairchild Tropical Garden to promote botany in our schools. Note
the general plant components, along with invasives, medicinals (ethnobotanical),
and pollinators! The list of sites that have participated in The
Challenge can be found at: </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Check it out!</font>
<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">-Patricia</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<br>
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority<br>
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group<br>
US Fish & Wildlife Service<br>
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110<br>
Arlington, VA 22203<br>
703-358-1708 x1753<br>
FAX: 703-358-2276<br>
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Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.<br>
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal><br>
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Greetings, fellow educators!</font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial"><b>The Fairchild Challenge </b>-<b> the unique
environmental education outreach program offered by Fairchild Tropical
Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida</b> - is off to an exciting start this
year! More than 350 elementary, middle and high school teachers recently
attended our launch event to learn more about the 2010-2011 Fairchild Challenge
and already, more than 190 schools have registered for this year's Miami-region
programs alone! </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial">The Fairchild Challenge - now in its ninth
year - is not only successfully engaging students in Miami, it's also reaching
other regions throughout the U.S. and around the world. Through its Satellite
Partners initiative, Fairchild offers this program as a replicable model
and provides annual training workshops for sites interested in learning
more about the program and exploring how it can be launched in their locale.
<b>The next annual</b> <b>Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partners Training
Workshop will take place from January 26 through January 29, 2011.</b>
If you'd like more information about this workshop please contact us right
away at </font><a href=mailto:challenge@fairchildgarden.org><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>challenge@fairchildgarden.org</u></b></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial">.
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial"><b>To learn more about the Fairchild Challenge
please visit our website: </b></font><a href=http://www.fairchildchallenge.org/><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>www.fairchildchallenge.org</u></b></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial">.
Here you can view our program booklets, as well as general information,
media coverage, photos (</font><a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairchildchallenge/collections/><font size=3 color=#800080 face="Arial"><u>on
our Flickr page</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial">) and videos (</font><a href=http://www.youtube.com/fairchildchallenge><font size=3 color=#800080 face="Arial"><u>on
our YouTube channel</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial">) of the program.
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Please be sure to also visit our </font><a href=http://www.fairchildgarden.org/education/fairchildchallenge/satellitepartners/><font size=3 color=#800080 face="Arial"><b><u>Satellite
Partners page</u></b></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial"> to learn more
about our Satellite Partner programs and our exciting global initiatives,
including the <b>2010-2011 Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Option and Global
Showcases.</b> </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Please feel free to contact us at </font><a href=mailto:challenge@fairchildgarden.org><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial"><u>challenge@fairchildgarden.org</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Arial">
if you have any questions or would like more information about the Fairchild
Challenge. </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Best wishes, on behalf of the Fairchild Challenge
team,</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Arial">Netiva</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#004080 face="Garamond">Netiva Kolitz</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#004080 face="Garamond">Fairchild Challenge Satellite
Programs Coordinator</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#004080 face="Garamond">Fairchild Tropical Botanic
Garden<br>
10901 Old Cutler Road<br>
Coral Gables, FL 33156-4296<br>
Phone: 305-669-4092 or 305-667-1651 x3363 </font>
<br><font size=3 color=#004080 face="Garamond">Fax: 305-400-0265<br>
Email:</font><font size=2 color=#004080 face="Tahoma"> </font><a href=mailto:challenge@fairchildgarden.org><font size=3 color=blue face="Garamond"><u>challenge@fairchildgarden.org</u></font></a><font size=2 color=#004080 face="Tahoma">
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