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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anne Gondor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> Gondor, Anne - (gondora) <gondora@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]RMRS Grassland Science Roundup<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1B4622"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1B4622">Celebrate National Grasslands
Week!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1B4622">A collaborative approach to grasslands research and management
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The Rocky Mountain Research Station and collaborators convened a summit of over 200 participants to better understand stressors and resource demands throughout the Great
Plains and how to manage them. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1A1A1A">Recent technological advances have greatly increased oil and gas development on the Little Missouri National Grassland. An RMRS report summarizes the latest science
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1B4622">Climate, grazing, and fire in northern Eurasian grasslands</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">What factors differentiate grasslands from forests? This research suggests that grasslands could be suitable for trees except in the presence of frequent fires, which
are spread great distances by strong winds.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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