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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">June 29, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Endangered species go on tour to northeastern BC</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">VICTORIA, BC</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">–</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">The
Royal BC Museum’s travelling exhibition <i>Species at Risk</i> is back on the road for a third summer. After visiting the Okanagan in 2015 and the Kootenays in 2016, this pop-up display is now venturing to northeastern BC and, for the first time, crossing
over briefly into the Yukon. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Two friendly and knowledgeable interpreters are taking the teardrop trailer into communities where they will
work with local partners to share information about species that are at risk of extinction or</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">extirpation<strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">(no longer found in a particular area but still found elsewhere).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Four new hands-on displays, called mini-museums, will accompany the trailer. These mini-museums feature species
from northeastern BC</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">–</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Woodlands Cariboo, Hotwater Physa (an invertebrate
that only lives in Liard Hot Springs), River Jewelwing (a type of dragonfly) and the Slender Gentian (a plant). These will be left with Peace River North School District 60, where local groups can borrow them throughout the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">"Our touring exhibition celebrates BC as a biodiversity superpower,” says CEO Prof. Jack Lohman. “It points to the importance of scientific collaboration across
Canada and North America as critical to our future."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">The exhibition highlights the plight of BC's most vulnerable flora and fauna, emphasizing positive (and easy)
ways we can help our non-human neighbours. <i>Species at Risk</i> events are free (or included with admission to special events) and open to the public, all of whom are invited to visit, explore, learn and exchange knowledge about environmental stewardship.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">Species at Risk</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
will be on the Royal BC Museum grounds for its send-off on Saturday, July 1. See the full schedule of events for Canada Day
</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events/calendar/event/104094/canada-day-wonder-weekend"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">here</span></a></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
Find the Species at Risk schedule </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/species-risk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">here</span></a></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">.</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
Follow </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://twitter.com/RBCMLearn?lang=en"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">@RBCMLearn</span></a></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55";font-weight:normal">
on Twitter for <i>Species at Risk</i> updates from the road. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Species at Risk</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55""> is funded in part by the John
and Joan Walton Innovation Fund, the Royal BC Museum Foundation and Francis Kermode Group. TELUS is the official telecommunications partner for Species at Risk.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">About the Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodytext" style="margin-top:.1pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province’s human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding
of BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. We are a hub of community connections in BC– onsite,
offsite and online–taking pride in our collective histories. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Media are invited to visit the exhibition when it arrives in a nearby location. Please use the contact information below to arrange a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">High resolution images of the travelling exhibition are available upon request.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">Royal BC Museum Media Inquiries
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">779-679-1379<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="mailto:news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55"">news@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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