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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station's latest<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><i>Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems'<span style="color:black"> </span>
November U<span style="color:black">pdate </span></i><span style="color:black"> is now available on the RMRS homepage at
<a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs"><span style="color:blue">http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The November 2011 issue, published by the Station’s Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems Science Program, features a headline article titled
“Restoration on the Range: Healing America’s Iconic Landscapes,” that addresses the threats to western rangelands and how RMRS research is working to restore the functions of healthy rangeland ecosystems.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Other articles highlight the Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project; SageSTEP: Restoring Sagebrush Communities; Fire’s Role in
the Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe; and Stocktype Trials: Boosting Outplanting Performance.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Back issues of the
<i>GSDUpdate</i> on Climate Change and Invasive Species are available on the GSD homepage (upper right corner) at
<a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deborah M. Finch, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">USDA Forest Service<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rocky Mountain Research Station<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">333 Broadway SE, Suite 115<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Albuquerque, NM 87111<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 505-724-3671; Cell: 505-401-0580<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/<o:p></o:p></p>
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