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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></a></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";"> Christine Morris [mailto:cmorris@montananaturalist.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:<br><b>Subject:</b> Lecture This Friday at the Montana Natural History Center</span></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><p style="vertical-align:baseline;"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">Glenn Marangelo </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;">provides a special lecture, <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">‘The Monarch Butterfly: Population Trends, Conservation, & Your Backyard’</span></strong> for Endangered Species Day this Friday. Learn about these iconic butterflies and how we interact with them in Montana. This illustrated program is as fascinating as it is informative.</span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;"><br></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;">The lecture culminates a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/257843344560613/">day-long celebration</a> of endangered species and events at the Montana Natural History Center. <b>Arrive early, at 6:30 p.m., to hear Mayor Engen</b> dedicate a new Monarch Waystation on the north end of the MNHC building.</span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;"><br></span></em></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">Populations of the iconic and beloved monarch butterfly (</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;">Danaus plexippus<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">) have dropped an astonishing 96.5 percent over the past few decades and they may receive protection under the Endangered Species Act in the future. </span></em></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;"><br></span></strong></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">Friday, May 20</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;"></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;">7:00 p.m.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;"></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;">Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St.</span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;">Free</span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;"></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;"><br></span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">-Christine</p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Christine Morris<br>Community Programs Coordinator<br>Montana Natural History Center<br><a href="mailto:cmorris@montananaturalist.org" target="_blank">cmorris@montananaturalist.org</a><br>406-327-0405<br><a href="http://www.MontanaNaturalist.org" target="_blank">www.MontanaNaturalist.org</a></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.montananaturalist.org/wp-content/uploads/25th-Logo-Small-Color-.png" border="0"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></body>
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