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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The May Issue of <i>GSD Update</i> produced by the Forest Service is now available. The issue focuses on plant genetics and restoration of shrubland, grassland and desert ecosystems. Click here: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/docs/gsd-update/2013-05.pdf">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/docs/gsd-update/2013-05.pdf</a>.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Please distribute to those who might be interested.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In This Issue:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ushering in a New Age of Genetics to Conserve Lands and Conserve Species</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Conversation with the RMRS Director Dr. G. Sam Foster</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Big Sagebrush: Genetic Details Make the Difference</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Retreat or Stand: How Two Species Face Climate Change</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Testing Seed Zones for a Key Restoration Species: Bluebunch Wheatgrass</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Symposium Announcements</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">People and Events</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">New Publications Available Online</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For back issues of the GSD Update, which features stories about western grassland, shrubland and desert ecosystems, go to
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/products/gsd-update/">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/products/gsd-update/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deborah Finch</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Deborah M. Finch, PhD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Program Manager</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems Science
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">USDA Forest Service</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rocky Mountain Research Station</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">333 Broadway SE, Suite 115</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Albuquerque, NM 87102</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel: 505-724-3671; Cell: 505-401-0580</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/grassland-shrubland-desert/</span></p>
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