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<div><b>From:</b> "Wood, Tana - FS" <<a href="mailto:tanawood@fs.fed.us">tanawood@fs.fed.us</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> October 27, 2016 at 10:42:47 AM CDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Dan Stover <<a href="mailto:daniel.stover@science.doe.gov">daniel.stover@science.doe.gov</a>>, Jared DeForest <<a href="mailto:jared.deforest@science.doe.gov">jared.deforest@science.doe.gov</a>>, Rich Norby <<a href="mailto:norbyrj@ornl.gov">norbyrj@ornl.gov</a>>,
Keith Lewin <<a href="mailto:lewin@bnl.gov">lewin@bnl.gov</a>>, "Kimball, Bruce - ARS" <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Kimball@ars.usda.gov">Bruce.Kimball@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>>, Skip Van Bloem <<a href="mailto:skipvb@clemson.edu">skipvb@clemson.edu</a>>, Eric Davidson
<<a href="mailto:edavidson@umces.edu">edavidson@umces.edu</a>>, George Vourlitis <<a href="mailto:georgev@csusm.edu">georgev@csusm.edu</a>>, Eoin Brodie <<a href="mailto:elbrodie@lbl.gov">elbrodie@lbl.gov</a>>, Jen Pett-Ridge <<a href="mailto:pettridge2@llnl.gov">pettridge2@llnl.gov</a>>,
Jackie Mohan <<a href="mailto:jmohan@uga.edu">jmohan@uga.edu</a>>, Margaret Torn <<a href="mailto:mstorn@lbl.gov">mstorn@lbl.gov</a>>, Pam Templar <<a href="mailto:ptempler@bu.edu">ptempler@bu.edu</a>>, Onno Muller <<a href="mailto:onno.muller@colorado.edu">onno.muller@colorado.edu</a>>,
Yiquing Li <<a href="mailto:yiqing@hawaii.edu">yiqing@hawaii.edu</a>>, Frank Bowles <<a href="mailto:fpmc.bowles@gmail.com">fpmc.bowles@gmail.com</a>>, Jeff Chambers <<a href="mailto:jchambers@lbl.gov">jchambers@lbl.gov</a>>, "<a href="mailto:lmkueppers@lbl.gov">lmkueppers@lbl.gov</a>"
<<a href="mailto:lmkueppers@lbl.gov">lmkueppers@lbl.gov</a>>, Whendee Silver <<a href="mailto:wsilver@berkeley.edu">wsilver@berkeley.edu</a>>, Peter Reich <<a href="mailto:preich@umn.edu">preich@umn.edu</a>>, Peter Thorton <<a href="mailto:thorntonpe@ornl.gov">thorntonpe@ornl.gov</a>>,
Mike Ryan <<a href="mailto:mryan@rams.colostate.edu">mryan@rams.colostate.edu</a>>, Bill Bauerle <<a href="mailto:bill.bauerle@colostate.edu">bill.bauerle@colostate.edu</a>>, Deborah Clark <<a href="mailto:deborahanneclark@gmail.com">deborahanneclark@gmail.com</a>>,
Maria Uriarte <<a href="mailto:mu2126@columbia.edu">mu2126@columbia.edu</a>>, "Lugo, Ariel -FS" <<a href="mailto:alugo@fs.fed.us">alugo@fs.fed.us</a>>, "<a href="mailto:medinage@gmail.com">medinage@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:medinage@gmail.com">medinage@gmail.com</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:epcuevas@gmail.com">epcuevas@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:epcuevas@gmail.com">epcuevas@gmail.com</a>>, Rosie Fisher <<a href="mailto:rfisher@ucar.edu">rfisher@ucar.edu</a>>, Joe Wright <<a href="mailto:wrightj@si.edu">wrightj@si.edu</a>>,
Helene Muller Landau <<a href="mailto:hmullerlandau@gmail.com">hmullerlandau@gmail.com</a>>, Rebecca Montgomery <<a href="mailto:rebeccam@umn.edu">rebeccam@umn.edu</a>>, Roy Rich <<a href="mailto:rich0475@umn.edu">rich0475@umn.edu</a>>, Andrew Nottingham <<a href="mailto:anotting@staffmail.ed.ac.uk">anotting@staffmail.ed.ac.uk</a>>,
Patrick Meir <<a href="mailto:pwmeir@gmail.com">pwmeir@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jharte@berkeley.edu">jharte@berkeley.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jharte@berkeley.edu">jharte@berkeley.edu</a>>, Adam Coble <<a href="mailto:adam.coble@unh.edu">adam.coble@unh.edu</a>>,
Alida Mau <<a href="mailto:acmau@mtu.edu">acmau@mtu.edu</a>>, Joanne Sharpe <<a href="mailto:joannemsharpe@gmail.com">joannemsharpe@gmail.com</a>>, Deb Kennard <<a href="mailto:dkennard@coloradomesa.edu">dkennard@coloradomesa.edu</a>>, Joanne Childs <<a href="mailto:childsj@ornl.gov">childsj@ornl.gov</a>>,
"Nathan G. McDowell" <<a href="mailto:mcdowell@lanl.gov">mcdowell@lanl.gov</a>>, Patrick Martin <<a href="mailto:patrick.martin@colostate.edu">patrick.martin@colostate.edu</a>>, Shelley Crausbay <<a href="mailto:shelley.crausbay@colostate.edu">shelley.crausbay@colostate.edu</a>>,
Colleen Iverson <<a href="mailto:iversencm@ornl.gov">iversencm@ornl.gov</a>>, Martijn Slot <<a href="mailto:martijnslot78@gmail.com">martijnslot78@gmail.com</a>>, Anthony Walker <<a href="mailto:alp@ornl.gov">alp@ornl.gov</a>>, Jeff Warren <<a href="mailto:warrenjm@ornl.gov">warrenjm@ornl.gov</a>>,
Alistair Rogers <<a href="mailto:arogers@bnl.gov">arogers@bnl.gov</a>>, Jess Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:jesskz@ites.upr.edu">jesskz@ites.upr.edu</a>>, Scott Saleska <<a href="mailto:saleska@email.arizona.edu">saleska@email.arizona.edu</a>>, Christine O'Connell
<<a href="mailto:coconnell08@gmail.com">coconnell08@gmail.com</a>>, Cathy Pringle <<a href="mailto:cpringle@uga.edu">cpringle@uga.edu</a>>, Alan Covitch <<a href="mailto:alanc@uga.edu">alanc@uga.edu</a>>, Bill Parton <<a href="mailto:billp@nrel.colostate.edu">billp@nrel.colostate.edu</a>>,
Bill Smith <<a href="mailto:bill.smith@ntsg.umt.edu">bill.smith@ntsg.umt.edu</a>>, Ben Turner <<a href="mailto:turnerbl@si.edu">turnerbl@si.edu</a>>, Jennifer Powers <<a href="mailto:powers@umn.edu">powers@umn.edu</a>>, Creighton Litton <<a href="mailto:Litton@hawaii.edu">Litton@hawaii.edu</a>>,
"Giardina, Christian P -FS" <<a href="mailto:cgiardina@fs.fed.us">cgiardina@fs.fed.us</a>>, Stefan Schnitzer <<a href="mailto:S1@marquette.edu">S1@Marquette.edu</a>>, Kaoru Kitajima <<a href="mailto:kaoruk@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp">kaoruk@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp</a>>,
Belinda Medlyn <<a href="mailto:b.medlyn@westernsydney.edu.au">b.medlyn@westernsydney.edu.au</a>>, Deborah Lawrence <<a href="mailto:lawrence@virginia.edu">lawrence@virginia.edu</a>>, Yadvinder Mahli <<a href="mailto:yadvinder.malhi@ouce.ox.ac.uk">yadvinder.malhi@ouce.ox.ac.uk</a>>,
Benjamin Cook <<a href="mailto:benjamin.i.cook@nasa.gov">benjamin.i.cook@nasa.gov</a>>, Andrew Burton <<a href="mailto:ajburton@mtu.edu">ajburton@mtu.edu</a>>, Mickey Jarvi <<a href="mailto:Mickey-Jarvi@redwoods.edu">Mickey-Jarvi@redwoods.edu</a>>, Joe Mascaro
<<a href="mailto:jmascaro@stanford.edu">jmascaro@stanford.edu</a>>, Alan Talhelm <<a href="mailto:atalhelm@uidaho.edu">atalhelm@uidaho.edu</a>>, Will Wieder <<a href="mailto:wwieder@ucar.edu">wwieder@ucar.edu</a>>, Cory Cleveland <<a href="mailto:cory.cleveland@umontana.edu">cory.cleveland@umontana.edu</a>>,
Delphine Farmer <<a href="mailto:delphine.farmer@colostate.edu">delphine.farmer@colostate.edu</a>>, Rebecca Ryals <<a href="mailto:ryals@hawaii.edu">ryals@hawaii.edu</a>>, Wendy Yang <<a href="mailto:yangw@illinoise.edu">yangw@illinoise.edu</a>>, Xiaojuan
Yang <<a href="mailto:yangx2@ornl.gov">yangx2@ornl.gov</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Daniel.Liptzin@unh.edu">Daniel.Liptzin@unh.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:Daniel.Liptzin@unh.edu">Daniel.Liptzin@unh.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:arussell@iastate.edu">arussell@iastate.edu</a>"
<<a href="mailto:arussell@iastate.edu">arussell@iastate.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:shinichi.asao@gmail.com">shinichi.asao@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:shinichi.asao@gmail.com">shinichi.asao@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bmb43@duke.edu">bmb43@duke.edu</a>"
<<a href="mailto:bmb43@duke.edu">bmb43@duke.edu</a>>, "Newman, Brent David" <<a href="mailto:bnewman@lanl.gov">bnewman@lanl.gov</a>>, "<a href="mailto:dr.sbrown44@btinternet.com">dr.sbrown44@btinternet.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:dr.sbrown44@btinternet.com">dr.sbrown44@btinternet.com</a>>,
"Gonzalez, Grizelle -FS" <<a href="mailto:ggonzalez@fs.fed.us">ggonzalez@fs.fed.us</a>>, "<a href="mailto:maya_almaraz@alumni.brown.edu">maya_almaraz@alumni.brown.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:maya_almaraz@alumni.brown.edu">maya_almaraz@alumni.brown.edu</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:mayesma@ornl.gov">mayesma@ornl.gov</a>" <<a href="mailto:mayesma@ornl.gov">mayesma@ornl.gov</a>>, Daniela Yaffar <<a href="mailto:danielayaffar@gmail.com">danielayaffar@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:aurapr15@gmail.com">aurapr15@gmail.com</a>"
<<a href="mailto:aurapr15@gmail.com">aurapr15@gmail.com</a>>, Deborah J Lodge <<a href="mailto:djlodge@caribe.net">djlodge@caribe.net</a>>, "Wunderle Jr, Joseph M -FS" <<a href="mailto:jwunderlejr@fs.fed.us">jwunderlejr@fs.fed.us</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sasha Reed <<a href="mailto:screed@usgs.gov">screed@usgs.gov</a>>, Molly Cavaleri <<a href="mailto:macavale@mtu.edu">macavale@mtu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>The Puerto Rico warming experiment has begun!</b><br>
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