<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><title>BANR Spring 2015 Annoucements</title><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:125%;
font-size:21.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;
letter-spacing:-.75pt;
font-weight:bold;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:125%;
font-size:19.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040;
letter-spacing:-.55pt;
font-weight:bold;}
h3
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:125%;
font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;
letter-spacing:-.4pt;
font-weight:bold;}
h4
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
line-height:125%;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:gray;
font-weight:bold;}
h5
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
h6
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6 Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#365F91;
font-weight:bold;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#4F81BD;
font-weight:bold;}
span.Heading3Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 3 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 3";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#4F81BD;
font-weight:bold;}
span.Heading4Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 4 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#4F81BD;
font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic;}
span.Heading5Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 5 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#243F60;}
span.Heading6Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 6 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 6";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#243F60;
font-style:italic;}
p.readmsgbody, li.readmsgbody, div.readmsgbody
{mso-style-name:readmsgbody;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.externalclass, li.externalclass, div.externalclass
{mso-style-name:externalclass;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.mcnimage, li.mcnimage, div.mcnimage
{mso-style-name:mcnimage;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.mcntextcontent, li.mcntextcontent, div.mcntextcontent
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.mcntextcontent1, li.mcntextcontent1, div.mcntextcontent1
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent1;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:125%;
font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;}
p.mcntextcontent2, li.mcntextcontent2, div.mcntextcontent2
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent2;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:150%;
font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;}
p.mcntextcontent3, li.mcntextcontent3, div.mcntextcontent3
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent3;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:150%;
font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;}
p.mcntextcontent4, li.mcntextcontent4, div.mcntextcontent4
{mso-style-name:mcntextcontent4;
margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:125%;
font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#606060;}
span.org
{mso-style-name:org;}
span.locality
{mso-style-name:locality;}
span.region
{mso-style-name:region;}
span.postal-code
{mso-style-name:postal-code;}
span.EmailStyle38
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI, </span><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Workshop on Comparing the Environmental Effects of Pest Management Practices Across Cropping Systems, Wednesday, March 4</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom, P2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources [mailto:BANR=nas.edu@mail189.wdc02.mcdlv.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tom<br><b>Subject:</b> BANR Spring 2015 Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'><a href="http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=92d7ef797a&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='color:#606060'>View this email in your browser</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%' id=templateHeader><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=a43245b37b&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank" title=""></a><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=a43245b37b&e=35bbd011d4" target=""_blank"" title="""" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:450pt;height:66pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
<v:imagedata src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97/images/8fd165c4-21f3-4b20-8e2c-c1bf7cdb41c6.jpg" />
<w:wrap type="square"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=a43245b37b&e=35bbd011d4" target=""_blank""><img border=0 width=600 height=88 src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97/images/8fd165c4-21f3-4b20-8e2c-c1bf7cdb41c6.jpg" align=left title="""" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=a43245b37b&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank" title=""></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #EEEEEE 1.0pt;padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:0in;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;border-radius: 5px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=0 style='width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=24 style='width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=92d7ef797a&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-forwardtofriend-48.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=92d7ef797a&e=35bbd011d4"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;text-decoration:none'>Forward</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 6.75pt 0in;border-radius: 5px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:0in;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=0 style='width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=24 style='width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=8dedfc2a99&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-facebook-48.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=ad5cccd91d&e=35bbd011d4"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;text-decoration:none'>Share</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;border-radius: 5px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:0in;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=0 style='width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=24 style='width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=2fc3b410af&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-twitter-48.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=1cc7453f21&e=35bbd011d4"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050;text-decoration:none'>Tweet</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%' id=templateBody><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h2><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Register for the Workshop on Comparing the Environmental Effects of Pest Management Practices Across Cropping Systems</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>Don’t miss the upcoming workshop on the environmental impacts of pest management practices!<br><br>The major goals of the meeting are to examine trade-offs in pest management approaches for weeds, insects, and diseases and compare environmental effects between different cropping systems, including GE and non-GE systems.<br><br>A panel of experts will present on a variety of topics, including: growth of organic, traditional, and genetically engineered (GE) crops; integrated pest management (IPM) practices; cover cropping; weed management and herbicide-resistant weeds; insect ecology in agro-ecosystems; and disease-resistant GE crops. The workshop is related to a separate, ongoing study being conducted by the National Research Council summarizing GE crops.<br><br>The workshop will be held on <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, March 4, from 8:15 am-5:15 pm Eastern</span></strong> at the National Academy of Sciences Keck Center (500 5th St. NW Washington, DC 20001). The public is invited to attend the meeting or to view the live webcast. Register early to attend in person as space is limited.<br><br>The workshop is funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) through the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>View agenda and speaker bios <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=49fb1cdb3c&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#6DC6DD'>here</span></strong><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>.</span></a></span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#FC978A;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid #707070 1.5pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt;border-radius: 5px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=d55e1012e0&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank" title="Register Here"><b><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'>Register Here</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h2><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Call for Nominations on New Brucellosis Study</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>The National Research Council’s Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources is requesting your nominations for committee members on a new study examining Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area. The Statement of Task can be found <a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=8399eaeb66&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#6DC6DD'>here</span></strong></a>. Please send nominations to <a href="mailto:banr@nas.edu" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#6DC6DD'>BANR@nas.edu</span></strong></a> by February 27, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><h2><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>BANR Now on Twitter</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>For more updates and information about BANR, follow <strong><u><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=c856f96865&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD;font-weight:normal'>@NRCAgriculture</span></a></span></u></strong> on Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #EEEEEE 1.0pt;padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 3.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=4c78f6e8cd&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/dark-twitter-96.png" alt="BANR Twitter"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=4a91277acf&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060;text-decoration:none'>BANR Twitter</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 3.75pt 0in;word-wrap: break-word;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=0d93a3c6b6&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/dark-link-96.png" alt="BANR Website"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=d0ea3cc07f&e=35bbd011d4" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#606060;text-decoration:none'>BANR Website</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%' id=templateFooter><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>Copyright © 2015 Division on Earth and Life Studies, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br>You are receiving this email because you opted in to the Division on Earth and Life Studies email list.<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Our mailing address is:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span class=org><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>Division on Earth and Life Studies</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>500 Fifth Street NW<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span class=locality><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>Washington</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'>, <span class=region>DC</span> <span class=postal-code>20001</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=3c0b1ad5c8"><span style='color:#606060'>Add us to your address book</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#606060'><br><br><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/profile?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=3c0b1ad5c8&e=35bbd011d4"><span style='color:#606060'>update subscription preferences</span></a><br>- or -<br><a href="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=3c0b1ad5c8&e=35bbd011d4&c=92d7ef797a"><span style='color:#606060'>unsubscribe from all email from DELS</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97&id=92d7ef797a&e=35bbd011d4"><o:p></o:p></p></div>
<br /><br />
<hr style='border:none; color:#909090; background-color:#B0B0B0; height: 1px; width: 99%;' />
<table style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none;'>
<tr>
<td style='border:none;padding:0px 15px 0px 8px'>
<a href="http://www.avast.com/">
<img border=0 src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" />
</a>
</td>
<td>
<p style='color:#3d4d5a; font-family:"Calibri","Verdana","Arial","Helvetica"; font-size:12pt;'>
This email is free from viruses and malware because <a href="http://www.avast.com/">avast! Antivirus</a> protection is active.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
</body></html>