<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr. Carrie Pike, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region – State, Private and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Tribal Forestry,</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Regeneration Specialist</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-indent:0.5in;background-color:transparent"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Emerging Opportunities and Constraints for Reforestation in the 21st Century</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Over 1 billion trees are planted across the US each year for a myriad of reasons including reforestation after timber harvests, mineland reclamation, carbon markets, afforestation, and restoration. These efforts have been stymied by a shrinking nursery sector, lack of source-identified seed, and climate change. Novel insects and diseases have further accelerated losses of forest canopy particularly in the Eastern US.  In this seminar I will discuss tools such as eastern seed zones and the forest ecosystem atlas to help managers select species and seed sources. I will also report on recent advancements in resistance breeding and the importance of partnerships, such as the Butternut Tree Restoration Initiative, in resolving complicated landscape-level problems.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Friday Sept 11</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">  3:30</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">pm. </b></p><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="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