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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS NEEDED</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For study of Native Seed Sourcing Practices for Restoration Planting</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Purpose: To gather information from restoration practitioners on their organization’s seed sourcing and procurement practices and identify factors that constrain
their seed sourcing options. A better understanding of current seed sourcing choices and limitations will support goals of 1) creating more robust regional seed markets in the future and 2) improving restoration outcomes. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Who:
<b>Individuals aged 18 and above who work or volunteer for organizations that conduct restoration plantings with native plant materials in California and/or the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and/or Wisconsin).</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What: One anonymized web-based survey (should take approximately 10 minutes) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Survey link here:
<a href="https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1J4JPrn50Uqw5M?Source=SOS">
<span style="color:#467886">https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1J4JPrn50Uqw5M?Source=SOS</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please take the survey and share with relevant colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PI: Dr. Ezra Jay Kottler</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://ezrakottler.wixsite.com/plantsci"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Colorado Boulder</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:Ezra.Kottler@colorado.edu"><span style="color:#467886">Ezra.Kottler@colorado.edu</span></a><s><br>
</s>IRB# 23-0492</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Becky Barak, Ph.D. (She/her)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Susan and Roger Stone Curator of the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank, and</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">at</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Chicago
Botanic Garden</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">1000 Lake Cook Road | Glencoe, IL 60022</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Tel (847) 835-8397</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="https://www.chicagobotanic.org/research" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">chicagobotanic.org/research</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="http://www.beckybarak.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Barak Lab</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> | </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><a href="http://www.plantlovestories.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">Plant
Love Stories</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#A8D200">We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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