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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although New York City is moving towards reopening and AMNH is taking stepwise progress towards getting staff back onsite, our Invertebrate Zoology Collections operations are still suspended until approximately September 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do not return specimens or deposit/donate material at this time. Please also postpone loan requests, lest they get lost in email chains, until our more normal operations resume.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We apologize for the inconvenience.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<br>
Chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/christine-johnson"><span style="color:#0563C1">Christine Johnson, Ph.D.</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Curatorial Associate<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/invertebrate-zoology"><span style="color:#0563C1">American Museum of Natural History</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.amnh.org/research/invertebrate-zoology"><span style="color:#0563C1">Division of Invertebrate Zoology</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Central Park West at 79<sup>th</sup> Street<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>New York, NY 10024<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(212)769-5605<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="mailto:cjohnson@amnh.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">cjohnson@amnh.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://cjohnson192.wixsite.com/amnh-cnidaria-corals"><span style="color:#0563C1">IMLS Coral Rehousing Project</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://www.nyentsoc.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Entomologica Americana</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="http://www.jnr-eeb.org/index.php/jnr"><span style="color:#0563C1">Journal of Negative Results - EEB</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In response to the ongoing events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the U-M Herbarium's suspension of non-essential operations has been extended. This includes access to the collections via scientific visits or outgoing loans. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do not ship any specimens (gifts, exchange, loan returns, etc.) to the herbarium at this time. <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Loans may be requested; the requests will be placed into a queue and fulfilled
when we resume normal operations. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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