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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><img width="576" height="66" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0EC78.B9AC6CA0"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Sept. 11, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Neva Hassanein, professor, UM Environmental Studies Program, 406-243-6271,
<a href="mailto:neva.hassanein@umontana.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">neva.hassanein@umontana.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://bit.ly/1NtTs7m"><span style="color:windowtext">Soil Scientist to Discuss Farming, Climate Change in Lecture at UM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> MISSOULA
</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">— Warren Wilson College environmental studies Professor Laura Lengnick will present the lecture “Resilient Agriculture: Farming in a Changing Climate,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 23, in the University Center at the University of Montana. The lecture is free and open to the public.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Lengnick is an agronomist and soil scientist, as well as an educator, policymaker, activist and researcher,
who focuses on how sustainable agriculture and food systems enhance communities. She was the leadauthor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture report “Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation,” which was included the third
National Climate Assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Lengnick also is a climate resilience planning consultant with Fernleaf Solutions and researcher with
the Local Food Research Center in Asheville, North Carolina. She has led the academic program in sustainable agriculture at Warren Wilson College for more than a decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Sponsors of the lecture include<b></b>the<b> </b>UM Environmental Studies Program, UM Dining, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at UM, Montana Audubon, the UM Office of Sustainability, UM International Conservation and Development Program, UM Resource Conservation Program, Climate Smart
Missoula, Alternative Energy Resources Organization and the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> For more information email UM environmental studies Professor Neva Hassanien at
<a href="mailto:neva.hassanein@umontana.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">neva.hassanein@umontana.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">###
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">This release is online at:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://bit.ly/1NtTs7m"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/1NtTs7m</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">EAE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Local<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">091115soil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>