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<DIV>The National Association of State Foresters surprised me beyond words by
awarding me the <SPAN
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Shannon Current Achievement Award for Partnerships in 2016! My colleagues
have posted a blog about this at <A title=http://www.cisp.us/
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am extremely grateful to the state foresters for this recognition of my long
years of work to protect our forests - wildland, rural, and urban - from
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