<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for asking, Joy! We're in a very big push this week to try and get the plants planted, and next week will be a lot of finalizing the planting, error checking, and starting some initial measurements. Most of the work is during the work week, so I think about any day makes sense during the work week. (There's some work on the weekends too in case that's what works for peoples' schedules.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:30 AM Joy Baccei <<a href="mailto:jbaccei@ucmerced.edu">jbaccei@ucmerced.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8984286601584775754">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thanks for sharing! In the event that we ask our NRS ¿field curious? or Student Naturalist Training past cohorts for assistance with this effort, do you have specific dates and times
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<b>Date: </b>Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2:50 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Joy Baccei <<a href="mailto:jbaccei@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jbaccei@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jesse Chakrin <<a href="mailto:jchakrin@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jchakrin@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Jessica Malisch <<a href="mailto:jmalisch@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jmalisch@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Breeanne Jackson <<a href="mailto:bjackson10@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">bjackson10@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Lynn Breithaupt <<a href="mailto:lbreithaupt@csustan.edu" target="_blank">lbreithaupt@csustan.edu</a>>, Sexton Lab Members <<a href="mailto:sextonlab@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">sextonlab@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>>,
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<b>Subject: </b>We're planting those scarlet monkeyflowers in case you, or someone you know, wants to check it ou<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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