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<p><b><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/CqMBRkD/MNSNsurvey">Midwestern Native Seed Network Survey</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt">This survey is intended to be taken by anyone interested in helping to inform the development of a Midwestern Native Seed Network. There are 5 questions related to the capacity you/your institution currently has for native
seed collection, production, and use, and where you think a network like this could help to fill gaps in your work. We expect it will take 3 minutes to complete.
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<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#284FA1"><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/CqMBRkD/MNSNsurvey">PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY BY 5/15/24 TO ENSURE YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS INCLUDED IN OUR MAY 17TH SYMPOSIUM.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Results will be anonymized, summarized, and shared at our May 17th, 2024 symposium at the
</span><a href="https://chapter.ser.org/midwestgreatlakes/annual-meetings/annual-meeting-2024/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Society for Ecological Restoration's Midwest Great Lakes Annual Meeting in Hammond, Indiana</span></a> (specific details
about our symposium are <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUpS7f3RDSXI7XmE8HXx7OV9yQ3Ik6IG/view?usp=sharing">
here</a>)<span style="font-size:13.0pt">. These results will also be shared with everyone who has signed up to our email distribution list to receive updates on the Midwestern Native Seed Network.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt">NOTE: if you haven't yet registered for our email distribution list,
</span><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/dCIlObM/MidwestNativeSeedNetwork" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">please follow this link to add your contact information</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt">.
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<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Andrea</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Andrea T. Kramer, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Senior Director, Restoration Ecology
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">David Byron Smith Family Curator of Natural Areas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Conservation Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Chicago Botanic Garden
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1000 Lake Cook Road | Glencoe, IL 60022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#9FC938">We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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