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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Grassland Resilience Workshop Series: Brush Management and Soil Health</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><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 brush management and soil health in southeastern Arizona (see attached flyer). </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="xcontentpasted0"><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 brush encroachment in grasslands. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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:
<a href="mailto:arielleger@arizona.edu">arielleger@arizona.edu</a> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sessions include a kick-off virtual webinar, and three in-person field visits and workshops. Dates and registration links are below and on the attached flyer.</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="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Virtual Kick-Off Webinar, Oct 10th:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/workshopkickoff">https://tinyurl.com/workshopkickoff</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 class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Santa Rita Experimental Range, October 20th:
<a href="https://workshop1srer.eventbrite.com/">https://workshop1SRER.eventbrite.com</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 class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Altar Valley, November 3rd: <a href="https://workshop2altarvalley.eventbrite.com/">https://workshop2AltarValley.eventbrite.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, January 19th:
<a href="https://workshop3lcnca.eventbrite.com/">https://workshop3LCNCA.eventbrite.com</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="xcontentpasted0">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.
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