<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">SNRI Requests</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:snrirequests@ucmerced.edu">snrirequests@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 8:19 AM<br>Subject: Fw: Save the Date: Reforestation in an Era of Climate Change in the So. Sierra Symposium<br>To: <br></div><br><br>




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Sent on behalf of Molly Stephens, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important">SNRI Executive Director </span></div>
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<b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Ostoja, Steven - ARS <<a href="mailto:steven.ostoja@usda.gov" target="_blank">steven.ostoja@usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 28, 2022 4:30:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:smostoja@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">smostoja@ucdavis.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:smostoja@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">smostoja@ucdavis.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Save the Date: Reforestation in an Era of Climate Change in the So. Sierra Symposium
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Dear colleagues and interested parties, </p>
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In partnership with the USFS – Pacific Southwest Research Station and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy we are pleased to announce a symposium on
<b>Reforestation Strategies for the Southern Sierra Nevada in an Era of Climate Change</b>.  This event is scheduled to be held on
<b>May 10<sup>th</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup></b> at the <b>Visalia Convention Center</b> in beautiful downtown Visalia CA. 
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The symposium will provide a forum for managers and researchers to share findings and experiences from operating in this new era of fire and climate effects in the southern Sierra. The symposium will consider how managers can approach post-fire reforestation
 in different areas of a burned landscape and how innovation in management can improve both efficiency and success toward desired conditions.</p>
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We would appreciate it if you could please distribute this Save-the-date flyer widely among your networks and hope you’ll consider attending this event.
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