UN State Museum Attempt to Keep Alive

[Scott L. Gardner]

Rick and All:

We will present testimony in support of the University of Nebraska State
Museum to the Academic Planning Committee at UNL, tomorrow, 9 April, 2003.
Wish us luck.  Terry Yates will appear before the committee, representing
the systematics community in the U.S.A.

We plan to make a really good presentation to the committee tomorrow.

At the same time, we hope that we can get back to work on taxonomy and
systematics!

Thank you ALL for your letters of support.  They have been printed and
presented to the APC for our meeting tomorrow!

Scott

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Scott L. Gardner
Curator of Parasitology
The Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514

e-mail: slg at unl.edu
Tel: 402-472-3334
Fax: 402-472-8949
Web: http://hwml.unl.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Brusca" <rbrusca at desertmuseum.org>
To: <all at all-species.org>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [All] A bit of good news


> Two steps forward, one step backward.  Hope all's well with you Scott.
rick
>
>
> >A bit of good news for systematics in the USA.  The message of the
> >underlying of importance of systematics to empowering natural
> >resource management is making some progress. The current draft bills
> >reauthorizing the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act in the U.S.
> >Congress (S.525, section 1112 and H.R.1081, section 10) both include
> >appropriations of $2.5 million per year for fiscal 2004-2008 for a
> >program at the National Science Foundation "to award grants to
> >researchers at institutions of higher education and museums to carry
> >out research in systematics and taxonomy."
> >
> >
> >Scott E. Miller
> >Acting Chair, Dept. of Systematic Biology
> >Smithsonian Institution
> >PO Box 37012
> >National Museum of Natural History W620, MRC 105
> >Washington, DC 20013-7012
> >
> >Telephone: (202) 357-1355; Fax: (202) 786-3141
> >Email: miller.scott at nmnh.si.edu
> >
> >US Focal Point for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Richard C. Brusca, PhD
> Director
> Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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