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Saturday, 13 October 2012, 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM<br>
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University of Arizona Marley Auditorium (Room 230), Tucson, Arizona<br style="mso-special-character: line-break">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The ninth annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium will feature invited speakers presenting recent research on the USDA-ARS<a></a> Walnut Gulch
Experimental Watershed, University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental Range and other outdoor laboratories. There will also be a poster session where students and researchers are encouraged to report on completed or in-progress studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Time will be available for questions from the audience.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Student Poster Contest Awards:</b><o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Through the contribution of a generous donor, for the first time in RISE history we are able to grant awards for outstanding student posters. A single poster award
will be granted in each of the following categories: Best Graduate Student Poster ($500), Honorable Mention Graduate Student Poster ($100), Best Undergraduate Student Poster ($300), Honorable Mention Undergraduate Student Poster ($100). To qualify for a poster
award, the work presented on the poster must have been conducted in or have used data from the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW<a></a>), the Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER<a></a>), or both. Entry to the contest appears in the registration process
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Registration: $10 for students; $25 for all others (lunch included)<br>
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<span style="COLOR: black">The deadline for registration (as a courtesy for catering plans) is 08 October 2012. Late registrations will be accepted at the Symposium site from 8:00 to 9:00 AM.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="COLOR: black">Submission deadline for poster presentation is 14 September 2012.
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Note: Space may be limited; if this is the case, priority will be based on order of abstract submission.</span></span><br>
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Continuing Education Units will be awarded from the Society for Range Management Certified Professional Rangeland Managers.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Please use the web site </font><a href="http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/rise/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/rise/</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
to view the RISE program, to register for the symposium, and to submit poster abstracts.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
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