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Announcements Location, Lodging, Travel Your Hosts All conference activities will be conveniently held on a single floor of The Curtis in downtown Denver. The Corner Office restaurant shares the building with The Curtis, and there are many restaurant, bar, and brewpub options in downtown. Discounted lodging will be available at The Curtis, and value lodging will be available at Campus Village on the Auraria Campus, only one mile away. Options for transportation between Campus Village and The Curtis include an easy walk, B-cycle bicycle share, Uber or Lyft rideshare, and taxi. You may make reservations for accommodation on the conference website www.spnhc2017denver.org. Since its founding in 1900, Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) has grown into one of the largest natural history museums in the western United States and has educated more than 80 million visitors. DMNS preserves and provides access to its collections in its new state-of-theart Avenir Collections Center. The Museum is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, and the new wing housing the Center has received LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, the highest rating possible for new construction, and is designed to use 50 percent less energy than a standard building of its type. Committed to both environmental and institutional sustainability, the new wing housing the Avenir Collections Center was completed without incurring any debt. Together, the Museum's collections in anthropology, archaeology, geology, health sciences, paleontology, and zoology, and its library and archives, provide the foundation for understanding the natural and cultural history of the region. Of the Museum's 1,800 volunteers, 600 of them work alongside research and collections staff. Last year, the Museum attracted over 1.72 million visitors, making it one of the top ten visited museums in the country. Visit DMNS at www.dmns.org. Travel to Denver is convenient via the Denver International Airport (DIA). A recently constructed A Line Commuter Rail will take you from DIA to Union Station in downtown Denver. A free 16th Street Pedestrian Mall shuttle will take you within two blocks of The Curtis. Why Come to Denver, Colorado? Conveniently located, Denver is the gateway to both the Rocky Mountains and the eastern plains. It has a great deal to offer those who wish to explore its vibrant cultural community as well as those who are interested in more remote areas of Colorado on an extended stay. To learn more about travel in Denver and across Colorado, please see Visit Denver at www.denver.org. Green inside and out, Denver Botanic Gardens began in 1951 and is considered one of the top botanical gardens in the United States and a pioneer in water conservation. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Gardens' living collections encompass specimens from the tropics to the tundra, showcasing a plant palette chosen to thrive in Colorado's semi-arid climate. The Gardens' herbaria document vascular plant and fungal biodiversity and species distribution in Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region. The Gardens is a dynamic, 24-acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offering unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family - as well as world-class education and plant conservation research programs. Additional sites extend this experience throughout the Front Range: Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms is a 750-acre native plant refuge with an active farm in Jefferson County; Mount Goliath is a high-altitude trail and interpretive site on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway. Visit the Gardens at www.botanicgardens.org. The Denver metro area is a great supporter of its scientific and cultural institutions and together, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and Denver Botanic Gardens benefit from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) tax of 1/10th of 1%. This equates to approximately 25% of the annual operating revenue for both institutions. Campus Village. 24 * SPNHC Connection http://www.spnhc2017denver.org http://www.spnhc2017denver.org http://www.spnhc2017denver.org http://www.dmns.org/ http://www.denver.org http://www.botanicgardens.org https://www.idigbio.org/content/subscribe https://www.idigbio.org/ https://www.facebook.com/iDigBio https://www.twitter.com/iDigBio https://www.vimeo.com/idigbio

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