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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">MBF Announcing the Lincoln P. Brower Award</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">In honor of Dr. Lincoln Brower’s extraordinary dedication and commitment to monarch conservation, the Monarch Butterfly Fund has established the <b>Lincoln P. Brower Award</b>, a $3,000 award to support undergraduate
or graduate students in research on the conservation of monarch butterflies and their habitats.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">To learn more about how to apply and keep Dr. Brower’s legacy alive please visit our website at: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://monarchconservation.org/grants/lincoln-p-brower-award/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0563C1">https://monarchconservation.org/grants/lincoln-p-brower-award/</span></a></span><span class="gmail-m8664553084073728111gmail-msohyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0563C1">.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Deadline for this year’s submission is March 1, 2019.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:#666666">Michele Blackburn</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="color:#666666">Conservation Biologist, Endangered Species Program</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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