<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 IN THE NORTHEAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR 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. 12; 3:30pm </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</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">The northeastern and midwestern U.S. are generally considered
“well-watered” regions, but it is predicted that drought conditions will become
more prevalent in the future. This webinar will recap the work being done to
synthesize existing knowledge of ecological drought in the Northeast and
Midwest.<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">Presenter:<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">Keith Nislow, UMass Amherst and Northeast Climate Science Center<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">**NOTE: Remote connection
for this presentation will be posted at the link below a few weeks prior to the
talk.<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="https://necsc.umass.edu/webinars/drought-northeast-and-implications-ecosystems">https://necsc.umass.edu/webinars/drought-northeast-and-implications-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">DOI Northeast Climate Science
Center</span></font><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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