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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Please be advised that the operations of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Collection of Vascular Plants (DAO) and Canadian National Mycological Herbarium (DAOM) will be impacted by a large-scale renovation
project over the coming months. DAO and DAOM will be unable to fulfill loan and data requests during this time, and visits to the collections will not be possible. We will gladly accept the return of our material that has been sent out on loan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">DAO staff will attempt to fulfill requests pertaining to The National Vascular Plants Identification Service, but lack of access to the collections may impede our ability to serve clients.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">We anticipate that operations will return to normal in April 2019. We thank you for your patience as we make these important investments in our herbarium collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#1F497D;background:white">Shannon Asencio<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white">National Collection of Vascular Plants (DAO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white">Canadian National Mycological Herbarium (DAOM)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Science and Technology Branch</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:shannon.asencio@canada.ca"><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#0563C1">shannon.asencio@canada.ca</span></a></span></i><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span></i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79">/ <i>613-715-5314</i></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white">Gestionnaire des collections</span></i></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white">Collection nationale de plantes vasculaires (DAO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;background:white">Herbier national de mycologie du Canada (DAOM)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada / Gouvernement du Canada</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:shannon.asencio@canada.ca"><span style="color:#0563C1">shannon.asencio@canada.ca</span></a>
</span></i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79">/<i> </i></span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F4E79">613-715-5314</span></i><span lang="FR-CA">
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