<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Registration is now open for the 3^rd biennial America’s Grasslands Conference:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>America’s Grasslands Conference: Partnerships for Grasslands Conservation</i> will take place September 29^th-October 1^st, 2015 in Fort Collins, Colorado.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__conferencereg.colostate.edu_Registration_Welcome.aspx-3Fe-3D81FCDA2EAFCB0999FCA960A0AEC59EA8&d=AwMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=DCPPtbmwaekZbP3o8Uq4eUbC78ZJ1bSJ-LWJweQg91A&m=y3e1btgCkFsnL7Ai6eaoyRAVZeG-VeiwSdsKC2mAL_o&s=m_f1f4UPH_nPWYozDUkCgLWBRYJXcH-dDx4r9kPvhM4&e=" target="_blank">Registration</a> for the conference is only $185 if you register by September 10^th.</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">You can register online<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__conferencereg.colostate.edu_Registration_Welcome.aspx-3Fe-3D81FCDA2EAFCB0999FCA960A0AEC59EA8&d=AwMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=DCPPtbmwaekZbP3o8Uq4eUbC78ZJ1bSJ-LWJweQg91A&m=y3e1btgCkFsnL7Ai6eaoyRAVZeG-VeiwSdsKC2mAL_o&s=m_f1f4UPH_nPWYozDUkCgLWBRYJXcH-dDx4r9kPvhM4&e=" target="_blank"> here</a> and find out more information about the conference at our <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nwf.org_What-2DWe-2DDo_Protect-2DHabitat_Healthy-2DForests-2Dand-2DFarms_Americas-2DGrasslands-2DConference_Registration.aspx&d=AwMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=DCPPtbmwaekZbP3o8Uq4eUbC78ZJ1bSJ-LWJweQg91A&m=y3e1btgCkFsnL7Ai6eaoyRAVZeG-VeiwSdsKC2mAL_o&s=edRGNho4HNQnaxy4lfWyDZouxtNmX1oj1odKE2M6SZM&e=" target="_blank">conference website</a>, including information on field trips, lodging, exhibitors, and more.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>America’s Grasslands Conference: Partnerships for Grasslands Conservation</i></b><i> </i>will bring together natural resource professionals, ranchers, policy experts, conservationists, and researchers to discuss the conservation of North America’s grasslands, with a particular focus on collaborative partnerships to conserve grasslands. This year’s conference will feature over 60 speakers, optional field trips to explore local grasslands with experts, roundtable discussions on timely issues related to grassland conservation, a poster session on cutting edge research and projects, and much more. Topics at this year’s conference will include: success stories of partnership efforts to conserve grasslands, maintaining healthy grasslands for grazing, grasslands in federal policy, landscape level planning for grassland conservation, grassland-dependent wildlife, prairie pollinators, and many more exciting topics. A draft agenda will be posted on the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nwf.org_What-2DWe-2DDo_Protect-2DHabitat_Healthy-2DForests-2Dand-2DFarms_Americas-2DGrasslands-2DConference_Registration.aspx&d=AwMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=DCPPtbmwaekZbP3o8Uq4eUbC78ZJ1bSJ-LWJweQg91A&m=y3e1btgCkFsnL7Ai6eaoyRAVZeG-VeiwSdsKC2mAL_o&s=edRGNho4HNQnaxy4lfWyDZouxtNmX1oj1odKE2M6SZM&e=" target="_blank">conference website</a> soon.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>America’s Grasslands Conference</i> is co-hosted by the National Wildlife Federation, Colorado State University, and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Our generous conference sponsors include: The Nature Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, National Audubon Society, World Wildlife Fund, CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources, and the Colorado County Agricultural Agents Association.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. We hope to see you in Fort Collins!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Aviva</p><p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------</p><p class="MsoNormal">Aviva Glaser</p><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Policy Specialist</p><p class="MsoNormal">National Wildlife Federation</p><p class="MsoNormal">1990 K St NW, Suite 430</p><p class="MsoNormal">Washington, DC  20006</p><p class="MsoNormal">202-797-6616   |  <a href="mailto:GlaserA@nwf.org" target="_blank">GlaserA@nwf.org</a></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <br></p></font></span></div></di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