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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">I am pleased to share with you new tools for facilitating research at the Sabana Field Research Station in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto
Rico.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The first is our newly developed
<a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/iitf/research/?cid=fseprd486693" target="_blank">
Sabana Field Research Station</a> website. The website provides information about the station’s facilities, history, biogeographic setting, procedures for making reservations and submitting study plans, important forms,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">safety guidelines for the station and the chemical laboratory,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> and summaries about numerous research programs
and projects occurring in Sabana and the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Also available on the website is the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/iitf/research/?cid=fseprd496010" target="_blank">Research Forms and Guides webpage,</a> which
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">provides access to a number of downloadable PDFs relevant to Sabana. These include
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">the<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>newly developed <span style="color:#222222"><a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd500422.pdf" target="_blank">Visitor Guide for Conducting Research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest</a></span><span style="color:black">, and
</span><span style="color:#222222;background:white">an addendum to the Institute's
<a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd495990.pdf" target="_blank">
Occupant Emergency Plan</a> (OEP) that contains important safety guidelines and emergency protocols to ensure the safety of everyone at the
</span><span style="background:white">Station.</span><span style="color:#222222"><br>
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</span><span style="background:white">I encourage all collaborating researchers to visit the website and associated links and review these documents prior to your next visit to Sabana and/or the LEF. We welcome your comments and suggestions as well!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note: The Institute’s website is best viewed in Chrome or Firefox.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">GG</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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