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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI. Sharing. All invited next Thursday March 9th at the IITF Conference Room.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Grizelle González
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Forest Service
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-PR" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Jardín Botánico Sur, 1201 Ceiba St.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#28742E">Caring for the land and serving people<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The US Global Change Research Program is developing the Fourth National Climate Assessment and for the first time including a Caribbean Regional Chapter covering Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Work on the assessment is underway
with an expected publication in late 2018. For the Caribbean Regional Chapter, we have a group of 16 authors that have developed a draft chapter outline and begun to annotate the chapter. We are interested in gathering a wide range of input on the draft outline
and expected key messages in order to create a chapter that informs and serves stakeholders in government, academia, education, private industry, nonprofit organizations, and the general public. We will be having a stakeholder engagement workshop on March
9<sup>th</sup>, with a meeting of the authors on March 10<sup>th</sup> (Thursday and Friday next week). The March 9th meeting will be open to the public with a principle site in San Juan, PR and satellite meetings in North Carolina State University, The University
of Puerto Rico, and Washington DC. Participants may also connect remotely via adobe connect. The authors have representatives from the Virgin Islands Climate Change Council, the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council, the Southeast Climate Science Center and
the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub. We are looking to maximize synergy and present a consistent message among these efforts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your input at this stage is very valuable both to be sure we are covering all the bases from various sectors, to be sure we are aware of other efforts and information, and to be sure we are addressing the most important issues from your
perspective. In the end your input will improve the Chapter and we hope increase the utility of the information to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is a flyer and below a link to more information and a registration page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://caribbeanclimatehub.org/save-the-date-nca4-caribbean-regional-chapter-stakeholder-engagement-workshop-march-09-2017/">http://caribbeanclimatehub.org/save-the-date-nca4-caribbean-regional-chapter-stakeholder-engagement-workshop-march-09-2017/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A direct link to the registration page is here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://joss.ucar.edu/forms/2017-nca4-caribbean-regional-engagement-workshop-registration">https://joss.ucar.edu/forms/2017-nca4-caribbean-regional-engagement-workshop-registration</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please register for participation at this link. Feel free to contact us for additional information. Please share to interested parties. We look forward to hearing from you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SATELITE LOCATIONS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>University of the Virgin Islands<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">St. Thomas Campus, room TBA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Wayne Archibald <a href="mailto:warchib@gmail.com">
warchib@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Southeast Climate Science Center<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Raleigh, North Carolina State University:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">123 David Clark Labs, 100 Brooks Ave<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Adam Terando <a href="mailto:aterando@usgs.gov">aterando@usgs.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Washington, DC</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1800 G Street, NW, Suite 9100<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Remote: Dave Apurva <a href="mailto:adave@usgcrp.gov">adave@usgcrp.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information please contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">William Gould<o:p></o:p></p>
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