Fwd: [NHCOLL-L:1892] USA Today Article on Threatened Collections

[Doug Yanega]

>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:24:51 -0400
>From: Roberta Faul-Zeitler <faulzeitler at nscalliance.org>
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>April 16, 2003
>April 16, 2003
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>Dear Colleagues:
>
>Today's issue of USA Today -- "Life Section" (p. 6D) -- contains a 30-inch
>story on the threats to natural science collections resulting from budget
>cuts at universities and state museums in the U.S.
>
>Science writer Dan Vergano worked closely with me to expand his idea to
>address the broader range of natural science institutions that are being
>affected, including Scripps, University of Nebraska, Michigan State,
>Virginis Museum of Natural History, and Virginia Tech.
>http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030416/5073675s.htm
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>These topics will be addressed at the upcoming NSC Alliance Annual Meeting,
>which is being held June 5-7 at the University of California Berkeley. We
>hope you'll be there to make a contribution, and to take action.
>
>Best wishes, Bobbie
>
>Roberta Faul-Zeitler
>Executive Director
>Natural Science Collections Alliance
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
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