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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">CART, the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, The Santa Rita Experimental Range, The NRCS Agricultural Research Service, and Cienega Watershed Partnership, are thrilled to announce a 4-part workshop
series focused on mesquite management and soil health in southeastern Arizona (see attached flyer). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This free workshop series will bring together land managers, ranchers, and researchers to learn about standard management practices in three adjacent watersheds to
improve soil health and manage mesquite encroachment. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please help us share this Workshop Series far and wide and do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions or if you would like to be involved as a presenter,
speaker, field lead, etc. <a href="mailto:arielleger@arizona.edu">arielleger@arizona.edu</a> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sessions include a
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kick-off virtual webinar (Oct 10th)</a>, and three in-person field visits and workshops. Workshops will feature local experts on the ecological features of the landscape, treatment planning and implementation, and effects of management on soil health, vegetation,
and habitat quality. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Register for the Virtual Kick-Off Webinar now, save the field trip dates - registration will be limited! </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dates
for Workshop Series below, we will send out registration links for the field days soon:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Virtual Kick off:</span></b></span><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/workshopkickoff" title="https://tinyurl.com/workshopkickoff ">Zoom -
<b>October 10</b><b><sup>th</sup></b><b>, 10 am</b></a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Speakers: Brett Blum/Mitch McClaran (University of Arizona, Santa Rita Experimental Range), Sarah King/Julia Sittig (Altar Valley Conservation Alliance), Scott Jones (University of Arizona, Cienega
Watershed Partnership)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Field Days:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Santa Rita Experimental Range:
<b>October 20th</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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November 3<sup>rd</sup></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Las Cienegas NCA: TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ariel Léger <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(they/them or he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://usbr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=01245fcb9dec43938996e18b53f0f142" title="https://usbr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=01245fcb9dec43938996e18b53f0f142">CART</a>
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">University of Arizona -
<a href="https://snre.arizona.edu/" title="https://snre.arizona.edu/">SNRE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:arielleger@arizona.edu">arielleger@arizona.edu</a>
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