<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Join us<b> Tomorrow at noon (Eastern)</b> as we welcome </font><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dr. Dave Nowak</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </font><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">US Forest Service</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, to the <i>Urban Forestry Today </i>noon hour webcast to discuss </font><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 0);">“</font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 0);">S</font><font color="#007f00">e</font><font color="#000000"><font color="#007f00">eing the Urban Forest for the Trees.</font>”</font></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> </font></b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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