<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dear Friends:</span></p><p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>For my Masters Research project, I am writing a booklet of all the most common species in Eastern Pennsylvania that students should learn as part of their life science, biology, or environmental science curriculum. Of course, its usage would not be mandatory in classrooms, but wouldn't it be great to have an abridged field guide that was easily duplicated to give to all of our students to use whenever they wanted?</font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This booklet would help in aligning with the PA Environment and Ecology Standards, while firmly rooted in the belief system of No Child Left Inside. The books that are written already for PA are great, but it would be difficult to get them into all of our students' possession to keep; and how detailed does an introductory guide need to be? If a student wishes to have more detailed information, they can always reference one of the Stoke's, Peterson's, Sibley's, or Audubon's that we all have in our classrooms. This is just a snapshot of things that a good citizen should know. I am asking for your input as to which species should be included.</p><p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This request is primarily going to formal and informal educators across the Commonwealth, and the booklet is aimed at high school aged students east of the Allegheny Plateau. Feel free to participate, even if you do not live around here, your feedback is also valuable. It should take you 5-7 minutes, and will be available until March First. Please share this link with your friends throughout the EE, Conservation, and Science community. I appreciate your time. Click <a href="http://henshue.wufoo.com/forms/the-essential-species-of-pa/">HERE </a>to begin the survey. Also, the link is available through my website at <a href="http://www.henshue.org">henshue.org</a></p></font></span><div apple-content-edited="true"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div apple-content-edited="true" style="text-align: right;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Yours, </span></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" style="text-align: right;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span><img height="50" width="200" src="cid:74CE3273-D885-4671-83B9-E07E35BD74FF"></span> </div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: right;">Nick Henshue</div></font><div style="text-align: right;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Environmental Sciences Department</font></div><div style="text-align: right;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Easton Area High School</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div></body></html>