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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have a story today on Cool Green Science about successes in breeding American elm varieties that are resistant to Dutch elm disease:
<a href="https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/08/09/quest-restore-american-elms-nearing-finish-line/">
https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/08/09/quest-restore-american-elms-nearing-finish-line/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After 50 years of effort the project is producing more successful saplings and restoring elms to more test plots in the northeastern US. There is hope that elms will soon be breeding in the wild once again.<br>
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Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lisa</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">"What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love & understanding?" — Nick Lowe / Made famous by Elvis Costello</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Lisa Feldkamp</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Science Communications</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Nature Conservancy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">lfeldkamp@tnc.org</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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