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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=160 style=" border-top: 3px solid #6600FF; border-left: 3px solid #6600FF;border-right: 3px solid #6600FF; border-bottom: 3px solid #6600FF;" BGCOLOR="#669966" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04600a00dkerkg.jpg"> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="040b9960.gif" border=0 width="185" height="150" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Souvenir Lt BT" ><I><B><U>Souris River Botanical Conservatory</U></B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>                 </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#99FFFF" FACE="Souvenir Lt BT" ><I><B>   "Ever...Green and Growing...Under Glass"</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=202 style=" border-top: 4px solid #339933; border-left: 4px solid #339933;border-right: 4px solid #339933; border-bottom: 4px solid #339933;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2013.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Souris River Botanical Conservatory">H</A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Souris River Botanical Conservatory">ome</A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7016800000000.png" HEIGHT="24" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mission</B></div> <div> <A HREF="history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History">History</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar">Calendar</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Board Members">Board Members</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links">Related Links</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Contact Us</A></div> <div> <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News">News</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Don Vitkos Collection">Don Vitko's Collection</A></div> <div> <A HREF="other_collections_in_our_mid.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other collections in our midsts">Other collections in our midst's</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=320 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>To promote a better understanding of our fragile environment, specifically, the preservation of the plant kingdom; and to provide a source of educational, emotional, historical, and recreational opportunities for residents and visitors to the area.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>