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The October 13 announcement says the funding will maintain the PLEDGE outdoor research site in New York and allow researchers to experimentally vary water availability.","PLEDGE has 30 plots containing one to three species among tall fescue, white clover and creeping thyme. Researchers will quantify variation within plots in the first year and study drought effects in the second. 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