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"Times New Roman","serif"">The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), University of New Mexico was awarded (September 2014) a
<b>Federal Emergency Management Agency</b> (FEMA) grant ($75,778), managed through the New Mexico Dept. of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (NMHSEM), to purchase earthquake bars for compacted (SpaceSaver) AMCO shelving and VWR METRO shelving
holding our fluid-preserved collections of parasites, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. This funding is available through the
<b>Hazard Mitigation Grant Program</b> (HMGP 97.039) For information on this program see:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif""> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fema.gov_hazard-2Dmitigation-2Dgrant-2Dprogram-2520&d=AwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Xadc_hCakkg2eZ-4JJXod3JFHXsT7FUzYIWI0nypQaY&s=ZEcPLPeQiCgj8U2e2IyZ-2GQWOBrK4z9O6m4AavPrOQ&e=" id="LPlnk246331" title="https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program%20
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">Solicitation for funding is open to any community (e.g., county/city/university) that has submitted an approved (FEMA) predisaster mitigation plan (PDM)
to the State. FEMA funding (75%) covered the cost of shelf ledges, shipping, and overhead costs (ca. $56,000) and the University of New Mexico provided labor (non-Federal salaries) as their part of cost share (25%). Additional (December 2015) funding ($10,000)
was granted by the Region 6 FEMA office for inter-shelving bars to mitigate effects of lateral movement of jars during seismic events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"">If interested in knowing more about this grant and the process, you can contact me, off list. Email: (Alexandra Snyder) at amsnyder@unm.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:medium"><font color="#808080">Alexandra M Snyder,
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<div><font size="3" color="#808080" face="Times New Roman">Museum of Southwestern Biology MSC03-2020</font></div>
<div><font size="3" color="#808080" face="Times New Roman">University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131</font></div>
<div><font color="#808080"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">PH./FAX 505.277.6005 amsnyder@unm.edu</font></font></div>
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