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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday Feb 09 at noon (Eastern) we will welcome our next <b>'Urban Forestry Today'</b> webcast speaker,<b> Dr. Susan Day, Virginia Tech,</b> who will discuss
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>**For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the ‘videos’ section at </i><a href="www.urbanforestrytoday.org%20"><i>www.urbanforestrytoday.org</i></a><i>**</i>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#007766">Urban Soils in the Age of Green Infrastructure Stormwater Management <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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