<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font size="4">Dear Mr Franks:</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">In fact, I know some young people who would be excellent for this project but they are living currently in Japan, China and Australia. It’s maddening, isn't it? Have you tried Kyra Krakos’s lab at Maryville? She trains up a new group every year. So does Dr Ncole Miller-Struttman at Webster. I am also putting your emergency request on the pollinator list serve.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Peter Bernhart</font></div><div><font size="4">Research Assoc. The Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis MO</font></div><div><font size="4">Mobile: 314-919-6566</font></div><div><font size="4"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"></font><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 27, 2026, at 10:48 AM, Franks, Dalton <dalton.franks@mso.umt.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Hello Dr. Bernhardt,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">I am reaching out as I am managing a project to conduct pollinator surveys at Scott AFB, which is about 25 minutes east of St. Louis. We had a technician decide last minute that they would be unable to perform the surveys, so we are looking for a replacement. Do you happen to know of any current or former students or staff with experience in pollinator ID who may be interested in conducting surveys at Scott AFB approximately one day per week (or every other week)? The position would be paid and will occur May-September of this year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dalton Franks<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Senior Natural Resources Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Center for Integrated Research on the Environment (CIRE)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">University of Montana<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">C: 406-550-3227<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.umt.edu/cire"><span style="color: blue;">www.umt.edu/cire</span></a></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>