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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'>Fyi just in case you haven’t already seen this and it might interest you and/or others you know (see <a href="https://www.seacology.org/2020/12/generations-unite-to-protect-san-juan-islands-seagrass">https://www.seacology.org/2020/12/generations-unite-to-protect-san-juan-islands-seagrass</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'>Here’s an excerpt from the article: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This [Eelgrass restoration] process involves harvesting flowering shoots from nearby areas and using two methods to reseed the restoration site. The first method involves placing flowering shoots in nets suspended above the sediment. When seeds ripen, they fall to the bottom and germinate. For the second method, scientists collect flowering shoots, culture them in flowing seawater, and then collect ripe seeds. They then broadcast the seeds by hand. Our partners anticipate that these methods will be more efficient than the conventional practice of transplanting adult plants and could be scaled up to restore larger areas.<span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#006600'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>