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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Excerpt from this month’s Southeastern Grasslands Initiative newsletter:</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Google Grassland Restoration</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A momentous milestone was passed this summer: The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative, </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Roundstone</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Native
Seed, and Quail Forever (QF)—in partnership and with funding from Google—planted 77 species on 50 acres of tallgrass prairie at Google’s new data center in Clarksville, Tennessee. This is the most diverse prairie restoration ever planted in the Mid-South. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Google site is located on what was once part of a 3.5-million-acre prairie called the Big Barrens stretching across parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, of which 99.99%
has been lost since 1800. Google’s funding is helping to restore this critically endangered ecosystem and support the development of a regional seedbank for prairie plants. This project will provide vital habitat for grassland birds and pollinators, as well
as play an important role in carbon sequestration, soil health, and improved water quality in nearby Spring Creek. SGI, part of Austin </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Peay</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> State
University’s Center of Excellence for Field Biology, very much appreciates Google’s support.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Current SGI newsletter: </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/a747d34e31a8/restorations2020?e=3958e28d12" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://mailchi.mp/a747d34e31a8/restorations2020?e=3958e28d12</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Past SGI newsletters, volunteer opportunities, and more: </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.segrasslands.org/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">https://www.segrasslands.org/</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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