<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">FYI<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 1/20/11, Boyd, Ala (MNR) <i><Ala.Boyd@ontario.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Boyd, Ala (MNR) <Ala.Boyd@ontario.ca><br>Subject: Reviewing and Renewing Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy<br>To: <br>Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 3:27 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1276549524">
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><b><i><font color="#006600" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" lang="EN-US">Message sent on behalf of Jon Grant, Chair of Ontario
Biodiversity Council</span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">Reviewing and
Renewing Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Biodiversity gives us many things – clean air
and water, food, fuel, medicine and amazing outdoor experiences. Now you
have the chance to give something back to biodiversity.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">The Ontario Biodiversity Council (OBC) is renewing
Ontario ’s
Biodiversity Strategy and wants your help. This past November at the AD
Latornell Conservation Symposium you visited the Biodiversity Café, completed
our online survey, and submitted your email address to learn more about the
renewal. Thank you for your input and interest. </span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">You are now invited to help plan and guide how our
province’s biodiversity will be protected by sharing your ideas.
What does biodiversity mean to you and how can we protect it? Fill out
the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://obsrenewal.cenet.ca/" title="http://obsrenewal.cenet.ca/">workbook</a>
on the OBC website and you’ll be helping to shape biodiversity
conservation in Ontario
for decades to come.</span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">To learn more about the renewal of
Ontario ’s Biodiversity Strategy, or
about the Council, please visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ontariobiodiversitycouncil.ca/" title="http://www.ontariobiodiversitycouncil.ca/">www.ontariobiodiversitycouncil.ca</a>.
You can also fill out the workbook, learn more about biodiversity in
Ontario , and read the 2010 State of
Ontario ’s Biodiversity Report. </span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US">Ala</span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US"> Boyd</span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US">Manager, </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US">Biodiversity Policy
and Program Development Section </span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US">Biodiversity Branch</span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US">Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources</span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
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<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA">T: (705) 755-5088</span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA"></span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA">F: (705) 755-2168</span></font></p>
<p class="yiv1276549524MsoNormal"><font color="#005800" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA">E: </span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="EN-US"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ala.boyd@ontario.ca" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=ala.boyd@ontario.ca" title="mailto:ala.boyd@ontario.ca"><font title="mailto:ala.boyd@ontario.ca" color="#005800" size="2"><span title="mailto:ala.boyd@ontario.ca"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA">ala.boyd@ontario.ca</span></span></font></a></span></font><font color="#005800" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 88, 0);" lang="FR-CA"></span></font></p>
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