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From: lstritch@fs.fed.us<BR>To: lda@pollinator.org<BR>Sent: 3/15/2012 8:36:11
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width=84 height=63>Early snowmelt caused by climate change in the
Colorado Rocky Mountains snowballs into two chains of events: a decrease
in the number of flowers, which, in turn, decreases available nectar.
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