<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000">DROUGHT AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Webinar date/time: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Apr 4; 2:00pm </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">ET<span></span></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Duration: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1:30</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> hour<span></span></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">What will you learn?<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Because the frequency and magnitude of droughts will increase in
a warmer climate, scientific information on drought effects is needed to inform
management and planning to ensure long-term sustainability of forest
ecosystems. Please join the Office of Sustainability and Climate for a webinar
that will explore current issues related to drought in forests, examples of
drought and climate-related impacts, and management options for increasing
resilience.<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Presenter</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">s</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">:<span></span></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Dr. Cynthia West - Director, Office of Sustainability and
Climate<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Allen Rowley - Dir of Forest and Rangeland Management, USDA FS<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Tim Martin - Professor, University of Florida<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Steve Ostoja - Dir, USDA California Climate Hub<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Jeff Hicke - Assoc Professor, University of Idaho<span></span></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Richy Harrod - Deputy Fire Mgmt Officer for Fuels and Fire
Ecology (retired) Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">No pre-registration required.<span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.climatewebinars.net/webinars/drought-forest-ecosystems">http://www.climatewebinars.net/webinars/drought-forest-ecosystems</a><span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Webinar presented by </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">USDA Forest Service Office
of Sustainability & Climate</span></font><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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