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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02a644 stroke elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e02a644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;300&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Uniting community &amp; nature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c6841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45c6841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protecting our forests while fostering education and research.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a2ed4 elementor-widget 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src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2020\/02\/WNP1015063.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2020\/02\/WNP1015063.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2020\/02\/WNP1015063-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-gallery-img-name\">Biodiversity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pa-gallery-whole-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/biodiversity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBiodiversity\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-item elementor-repeater-item-5a753f8 category-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img default\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/IMG_3086.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/IMG_3086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/IMG_3086-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/IMG_3086-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2025\/10\/IMG_3086-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-icons-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-caption\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-gallery-img-name\">Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pa-gallery-whole-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/wnp\/research-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResearch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-gallery-item elementor-repeater-item-ad7ccdb category-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pa-gallery-img default\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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