<div dir="ltr">Hello PCC grads,<div><br></div><div>Please see below for a request for someone to work with the CIty Nature Challenge planning team to bring together a group on UW campus. As explained below a PCC grad student led the effort last year, with participation from the Undergraduate Cohort. Is there anyone out there with plant identification expertise that would want to step into this project? If so, please contact Lily Peterson (below), and let me know. I am happy to help rally participants and brainstorm.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Miriam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lily Peterson</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:lilyp2@uw.edu">lilyp2@uw.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM<br>Subject: Inquiry about 2025 City Nature Challenge Collaboration<br>To: Miriam A. Bertram <<a href="mailto:mab23@uw.edu">mab23@uw.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-5563516309591074483">
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My name is Lily Peterson, and I am an academic adviser in UAA general advising at the UW Seattle campus! I also am a biology graduate student, and on the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area 2025 City Nature Challenge planning team. </div>
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I am reaching out because I heard from Hemalatha Velappan that the UW Program on Climate Change partnered with UW Biology and hosted a UW Seattle Campus
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together an event again and is open to support too once she is back around. I was wondering, at this time do you know if you or others in PCC this year have any plans to try to host any UW campus event / nature walk for City Nature Challenge participation?
And if not, is that something you all might be interested in thinking through collaboration on again? Observation days are end of April again this year over a Friday - Monday.</div>
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I was asked as part of the CNC area committee to check in with partners, and we are actually intentionally exploring how to active college campuses in getting involved, since college campuses can be such interesting spots for urban biodiversity recording, are
common urban spaces throughout the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan area, and this can be a great opportunity for students to connect with nature too. </div>
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Even if capacity to or interest in collaborating on any event this year might be low, I will also be working with the CNC committee to share about and rally individual participation and get the word out through campus partners and collaborators to students
even beyond Environment-related majors and spaces , so if sharing the word is something you might be open to in too when the time comes, I would also be grateful and can follow up. </div>
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Thanks in advance for any insight and consideration and let me know if there is anything I can clarify or if it might be helpful to set up a time to touch base at all too.</div>
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