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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Thanksgiving<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of possible interest. A recent article from Wired magazine <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/billion-dollar-encroaching-tree-problem/">
https://www.wired.com/story/billion-dollar-encroaching-tree-problem/</a> highlighted a journal article:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morford, Scott L., Brady W. Allred, Dirac Twidwell, Matthew O. Jones, Jeremy D. Maestas, Caleb P. Roberts, and David E. Naugle. 2021. “Herbaceous Production Lost to Tree Encroachment in United States Rangelands.” Journal of Applied Ecology.
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14288">https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14288</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The article also highlighted a new tool to calculate the production yield gap by state:
<a href="https://www.wlfw.org/yieldgap/">https://www.wlfw.org/yieldgap/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research Specialist<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">gondora@email.arizona.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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