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Thursday - March 06, 2008

From: Joshua Tree, CA
Region: California
Topic: User Comments
Title: National Events Calendar
Answered by: Barbara Medford and Joe Marcus

QUESTION:

Where is the link to the National Events Calendar? I would like to submit two events for California.

ANSWER:

Sorry, while the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center maintained a National Events Calendar for several years, it was discontinued some months ago.
 

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