<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Hi Folx,</div><div><br></div><div>We're having trouble finding a common garden at middle-high elevations in the Sierra for this project. We were hoping for Wawona, but it's not looking likely. I'm going to ask Bonnie about Grand Bluff, but if you know of others who might be interested in hosting garden on their land, please let me know!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Seema Sheth</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ssheth3@ncsu.edu">ssheth3@ncsu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:36 AM<br>Subject: seeking space for experimental garden<br>To: <<a href="mailto:moonwort.campbell@gmail.com">moonwort.campbell@gmail.com</a>>, Jason Sexton <<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-7043733182523257134gmail-docs-internal-guid-4f8aef8e-7fff-f736-a2e4-fe1cba8f2276"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(26,29,33);font-family:Arial;font-size:11.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap">CNPS Sierra Foothills Chapter,</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If possible, I would appreciate it if you could forward this message to your listserv or interested members of the CNPS. Thank you!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My name is Seema Sheth, and I’m a professor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. I hope you all are staying safe in the face of the Washburn fire. As part of my work, in collaboration with Dr. Jay Sexton at UC Merced among others, we are conducting research from spring 2023 through fall 2025 in Mariposa county to study plant adaptation to different climates. I’m looking to rent a small area of land (< 1/5 acre) in the vicinity of Wawona/Foresta (~4000-5500 feet in elevation) to establish experimental gardens. We would need access to the gardens for 3 years, but there would be minimal infrastructure, mostly a small irrigation set up and shade cloth. We are working only with a common, native plant, </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Erythranthe cardinalis</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (scarlet monkeyflower).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I will be in the Mariposa area scouting out sites next week on July 28 and 29. If you might be able to help, know of people or businesses to contact, or would like to meet in person, please email me (<a href="mailto:ssheth3@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">ssheth3@ncsu.edu</a>) or call. My cell number is 314-422-3868. Please note that I am currently in a remote part of California and will not have reliable cell service until July 25.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Seema Sheth</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website: </span><a href="http://www.seemasheth.weebly.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.seemasheth.weebly.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email: </span><a href="mailto:ssheth3@ncsu.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ssheth3@ncsu.edu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,29,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cell: 314-422-3868</span></p></span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Seema Sheth (she/her)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Assistant Professor</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<br>North Carolina State University</font></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://seemasheth.weebly.com" target="_blank">seemasheth.weebly.com</a> </font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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