<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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">STORIES FROM THE FIELD, WITH GUEST PRESENTER FROM THE
SAGEBRUSH IN PRISONS PROGRAM<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">Date/time: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nov. 14, 6:30-8:30 pm UTC</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><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">Location: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Name/address, as appropriate</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">Dennis Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 114 SW 8th Ave,
Corvallis<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">The Institute for Applied Ecology’s (IAE) Annual Meeting and
Social Hour will review the 2017 field season and feature a Guest Presentation
from a recently released inmate who worked with the Sagebrush in Prisons Program.
<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">IAE has worked closely with the Bureau of Land Management, the
Department of Corrections and other partners to develop ecologically-appropriate
plants to restore sagebrush habitat in eight Western States, including Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The Sagebrush in Prisons Project
is part of the Sustainability in Prisons Program. More about the <a href="https://appliedeco.org/programs/sagebrush/"><span style="text-decoration-line:none">Sagebrush in Prisons Project</span></a>: <a href="https://appliedeco.org/programs/sagebrush/">https://appliedeco.org/programs/sagebrush/</a><span></span></font></span></p>

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open to all. <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">Details:<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"><br></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">For more information about the meeting,
please contact Michel Wiman at <<a href="mailto:michelw@appliedeco.org">michelw@appliedeco.org</a>> or 541-753-3099 x
103.</font><font color="#548dd4"><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"><br></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="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px">The Institute for Applied Ecology </span><font color="#000000" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">is a Plant </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Conservation</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> Alliance Cooperator </span></font></font></p><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"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.6667px"><a href="https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators">https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators</a></span></font><br></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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