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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Please join us 
this Thursday (2/4/2021, 1:30-2:30 pm) for our first speaker of the semester Prof. Garrett C Liles from Chico State University. He will talk about the Campus Carbon Project at Chico State, where he examines greenhouse gas emissions from "campus ecosystems".<br></font></span></div>
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</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_-6724544487494650042gmail-docs-internal-guid-e6981102-7fff-4095-de16-7471522cab32"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To expand our understanding of the world we live in and soils that sustain us, access to analytical infrastructure and applied interdisciplinary projects are needed to facilitate knowledge discovery and broadly educate our communities and ourselves. This presentation will focus on the Regenerative Ag Demonstration Lab (RAD-Lab) at Chico State, it’s broad and focused goals, and outline the Campus Carbon project. This project is quantifying soil and vegetation C across campus lands to fill existing GHG inventory gaps and educate broadly about the ‘campus ecosystem’ and its role in the C Cycle.  </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bio:</span></font></span></b></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><img src="cid:ii_kklww51x1" alt="image.png" width="162" height="277"><br></font></span><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt" id="m_-6724544487494650042gmail-docs-internal-guid-1623e822-7fff-96f9-14b2-0f2f21283156"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Liles is an associate professor at California State University Chico aka Chico State in the College of Agriculture and a Chico native. He has an interdisciplinary BS in Soil Ecology from Chico State, MS in Soil and Watershed Science from the University of Washington and a PhD from UC Davis exploring soil organic matter and the effects of disturbance and management on forest ecosystems. Garrett has a diverse professional history and interdisciplinary perspective that supports his passion for teaching, research, and mentoring. Dr. Liles teaches a variety of soils classes that focus on Chico as Place while emphasizing the importance of being curious, critical, and creative.   </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr Liles is the director of the Regenerative Ag Demonstration lab (RAD Lab) within the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems. The RAD Lab provides soil assessment, as a service for campus researchers and stakeholders, while providing an environment for student learning and workforce development. The RAD Lab supports a variety of research focused on soil health, C accounting, and the role of regenerative ag in supporting soil function and positive ecosystem services across agricultural, range, and forest ecosystems in Northern California.  </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
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