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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b>FYI</b> – new opportunity for funding rangelands projects:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Renewable Resources Extension Act-National Focus Fund Projects (RREA-NFF)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#414141">The Renewable Resources Extension Act-National Focus Fund program provides funds for pilot projects that: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Address emerging forest and rangeland resource issues, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#414141;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Have national or regional relevancy, or<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#414141;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Develop new and innovative projects that can be replicated at other institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#414141">For more information read the
<a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MjIuMjA1MTc5NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL25pZmEudXNkYS5nb3YvZnVuZGluZy1vcHBvcnR1bml0eS9yZW5ld2FibGUtcmVzb3VyY2VzLWV4dGVuc2lvbi1hY3QtbmF0aW9uYWwtZm9jdXMtZnVuZC1wcm9qZWN0cy1ycmVhLW5mZj91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0ifQ.TilhK824OC1eFsvn48-r02zsE5ZuvN8d8bNZhGm_-jE/br/77729232732-l">
<span style="color:#0076B4">RREA-NFF funding opportunity</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/renewable-resources-extension-act-national-focus-fund-projects-rrea-nff?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=">https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/renewable-resources-extension-act-national-focus-fund-projects-rrea-nff?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara Hutchinson, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Natural Resources & the Environment<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tucson, Arizona USA 85721<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(520) 909-4722<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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