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Hello All,</div>
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I’m writing on behalf of the California Institute for Biodiversity’s<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Collection Rescue Program</span>. We understand that recent federal cuts have put many invaluable biological collections at risk, and we can
<span style="font-weight: 700;">provide rapid-response funding and logistical support</span> to secure them before they are lost.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">How we can assist</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Rapid Grants</span> – Funding to purchase supplies such as freezers or other equipment, pay for shipping, or cover any expense needed to safeguard collections<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Hands-on logistics</span> – Our team can help coordinate inventorying, packing, and transporting materials<br>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Long-term placement</span> – Matching collections with accredited museums, archives, universities, or the California Biorepository in Berkeley for long-term storage</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Recent successes</span></div>
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Provided a closing USGS office with funding for freezers at a nearby facility to keep its specimens safely stored<br>
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Relocated 30 years of ocean-sediment samples to the California Biorepository in Berkeley for secure storage<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you care for an at-risk collection or know of a collection in need within your community, please contact me by email at
</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA7d925839-cf2e-d81e-8b0d-c0477fbe0d4f" href="mailto:jbirnbach@sfsu.edu">jbirnbach@sfsu.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. In need
collections can also fill out a preservation request form found at the </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA86ed976d-aa72-59a8-7528-f76734bc23e7" href="https://www.calatbi.org/collection-rescue">California
ATBI Collection Rescue website</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or directly
<a title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvmUc7Vhj7TG792FsLNBQPpBpK-rrr7WZx1DoT4TeG23bmZg/viewform" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA2c2b3a3f-4d21-f7f9-1843-cd10137d781b" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvmUc7Vhj7TG792FsLNBQPpBpK-rrr7WZx1DoT4TeG23bmZg/viewform">
here</a>.</span></div>
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We work confidentially, follow all federal guidelines, and are primarily focused on saving invaluable wildlife collections that would otherwise be abandoned. </div>
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Please feel free to contact me with any question and <b>share this information with anyone who may have information</b> about collections in need. </div>
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Thank you, </div>
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Julian Birnbach </div>
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<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAafb41290-20e1-5c53-1975-df0e9c19213a" href="https://www.calalive.org/work/">California Institute for Biodiversity</a></div>
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jbirnbach@sfsu.edu | julianb@sfzoo.org | 415-730-4476</div>
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