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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Abstract submission is open for the 2015 GSA-Baltimore session T97 “Specimen-Based Research and the Reality of Paleontological Resource, Specimen and Data Management: Strengthening Partnerships among Federal Land Managers, Repositories,
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The session is open to researchers, government land managers, and museum/repository workers who will highlight innovative and successful projects using fossils collected on public lands.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:red">Submission deadline is August 11, 2015</span>.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Submit abstracts here (CORRECTED LINK): <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gsa.confex.com_gsa_2015AM_cfp.epl&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=alHpz_xZ2RrnFR6B_shobnRIXWdPudK6kC2_5fsoV6I&s=ayJR30SDTAC4KVAVimRU9pqW6Jngjoje_fDmkA21wWE&e=">https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/cfp.epl</a> Select Topical Session and navigate to session 97.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>As a courtesy, please email your submitted titles to Kathy Hollis (</b><a href="mailto:hollisk@si.edu"><b>hollisk@si.edu</b></a><b>)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Kathy A. Hollis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Paleobiology Department<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Smithsonian Institution <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">PO Box 37012, MRC 121<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Washington, DC 20013-7012<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Phone: 202.633.1357<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Fax: 202.786.2832<o:p></o:p></p>
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