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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the first announcement of the 16th Annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, I attached the program of invited speakers to stimulate your early registration.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mitch McClaran<br>
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<span>Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday, 26 October 2019, 8:30 AM to 3:00 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 class="MsoNormal">The 16th annual Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium will feature invited speakers and posters presenting recent research on the USDA-ARS Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, the University of Arizona Santa Rita Experimental
Range and other outdoor laboratories in the region. There will be time available for questions from the audience. There will also be a poster session where students and researchers are encouraged to report on and discuss completed or in-progress studies.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Student Poster Contest Awards:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Through a generous contribution from long-time supporter Mr. Malcolm McGregor, we are able to grant awards for outstanding student posters. A single award will be granted in each of the following categories: Best Graduate Student Poster
($500), Honorable Mention Graduate Student Poster ($200), 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), the Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER), or both. Entry to the contest can be made via the Symposium registration web page.<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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normal">Note: Students in the competition will be asked to identify at least a 30-minute window in which they will be at their poster during the poster session.</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration (includes lunch): $10 for students; $25 for all others<br>
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<span style="color:black">The deadline for registration (as a courtesy for catering plans) is 15 October 2019. Late registration will be accepted at the Symposium on 26 October from 8:30 to 9:00 AM.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Four Continuing Education Units will be awarded from the Society for Range Management Certified Professional Rangeland Managers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The deadline for Poster Abstract Submission is 04 October 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Note: Space may be limited to 20 posters and decisions about acceptance will be made by 16 October 2019.</i></span><br>
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Please use the web site <a href="http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/rise/" id="LPlnk803459" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/rise/</a> to view the RISE program, to register for the symposium, and to submit poster abstracts and to enter the student poster contest.</p>
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