<div dir="ltr"><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/17bf1ba3954ef6d3fdc4840153af3d4a39a6a27a.png?u=1227428"><div>link:  </div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/71a1fb6b00cf7062da7f015889a47f5a3393c3c3?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FUSLTER%2Fstatus%2F1097173753434234880%3Fs%3D20&userId=1227428&signature=3771e06f8497bdcb">https://twitter.com/USLTER/status/1097173753434234880?s=20</a></span></p></div><div><span class="gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-homxoj gmail-rn-1471scf gmail-rn-14xgk7a gmail-rn-7cikom gmail-rn-o11vmf gmail-rn-ebii48 gmail-rn-gul640 gmail-rn-ad9z0x gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bauka4 gmail-rn-irrty gmail-rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;display:inline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.3125;margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;white-space:inherit">------</span></div><div><span class="gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-homxoj gmail-rn-1471scf gmail-rn-14xgk7a gmail-rn-7cikom gmail-rn-o11vmf gmail-rn-ebii48 gmail-rn-gul640 gmail-rn-ad9z0x gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bauka4 gmail-rn-irrty gmail-rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;display:inline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.3125;margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;white-space:inherit"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-homxoj gmail-rn-1471scf gmail-rn-14xgk7a gmail-rn-7cikom gmail-rn-o11vmf gmail-rn-ebii48 gmail-rn-gul640 gmail-rn-ad9z0x gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bauka4 gmail-rn-irrty gmail-rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;display:inline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.3125;margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;white-space:inherit">1/ Nick Brokaw wrote a story to share his </span><span class="gmail-rn-18u37iz" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:23px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="gmail-rn-1niwhzg gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-1n1174f gmail-rn-1471scf gmail-rn-14xgk7a gmail-rn-7cikom gmail-rn-o11vmf gmail-rn-ebii48 gmail-rn-gul640 gmail-rn-ad9z0x gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bauka4 gmail-rn-irrty gmail-rn-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9df8cb21c3eba17ebad9034a9e1e9910fdfdff0f?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmobile.twitter.com%2Fhashtag%2FLTERLove%3Fsrc%3Dhashtag_click&userId=1227428&signature=7139dc1481100d3e" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(27,149,224);display:inline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.3125;margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;white-space:inherit">#LTERLove</a></span><span class="gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-homxoj gmail-rn-1471scf gmail-rn-14xgk7a gmail-rn-7cikom gmail-rn-o11vmf gmail-rn-ebii48 gmail-rn-gul640 gmail-rn-ad9z0x gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bauka4 gmail-rn-irrty gmail-rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;display:inline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.3125;margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;white-space:inherit"> for </span><div class="gmail-rn-1oszu61 gmail-rn-1efd50x gmail-rn-14skgim gmail-rn-rull8r gmail-rn-mm0ijv gmail-rn-13yce4e gmail-rn-fnigne gmail-rn-ndvcnb gmail-rn-gxnn5r gmail-rn-deolkf gmail-rn-xoduu5 gmail-rn-eqz5dr gmail-rn-1mnahxq gmail-rn-61z16t gmail-rn-p1pxzi gmail-rn-11wrixw gmail-rn-ifefl9 gmail-rn-bcqeeo gmail-rn-wk8lta gmail-rn-9aemit gmail-rn-1mdbw0j gmail-rn-gy4na3 gmail-rn-bnwqim gmail-rn-1lgpqti" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0px;box-si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