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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Cindy Opitz<br />SPNHC Secretary<br />email: secretary@spnhc.org<br />web: spnhc.org<br />Museum of Natural History<br />11 Macbride Hall<br />The University of Iowa<br />Iowa City IA 52242<br />(319) 335-0481</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: "Sztein, Ester" <ESztein@nas.edu><br />Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 11:28pm<br />To: "president@spnhc.org" <president@spnhc.org>, "secretary@spnhc.org" <secretary@spnhc.org>, "KelloffC@si.edu" <KelloffC@si.edu>, "marudigi@udel.edu" <marudigi@udel.edu><br />Subject: Soil sample repositories<br /><br /></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Agriculture and National Resources, in collaboration with the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Soil Sciences, held a virtual workshop entitled </span><strong style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">Exploring a Dynamic Soil Information System</span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"> on 2-4 March 2021 (</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><a id="x_NoLP" href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/exploring-a-dynamic-soil-information-system-a-workshop" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/exploring-a-dynamic-soil-information-system-a-workshop</span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">). All presentations and materials are posted on the website.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">As part of this work, we are constructing a </span><strong style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">list of soil sample repositories/soil archives in the U.S. and the world </span></span></strong><a id="x_NoLP" href="https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5786076/Soil-Repository-Survey"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5786076/Soil-Repository-Survey</span></a><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">. Each entry takes about two minutes to complete, since it only asks for basic information about each repository: name, location, and website. The list will be made openly accessible on the workshop's website and published in the workshop’s proceedings. The survey will close on </span><strong style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">March 31, 2021</span></strong><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;">. Your information would be most valuable.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: #000000;"> Again, thank you so much for considering this request, and please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions. </span></span></span></span></p>
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