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Across
1 Overall direction that good leaders set
5 Ornithologist’s concern
8 Dept. over hiring
9 Jacinto or Andreas
10 ____ mussels, troublesome species in Minnesota
11 Spiny lizards
12 Polite address to a customer
13 Description of a foreign species that can upset the natural balance of an ecosystem
17 Loftiest
20 Connection
21 Means inside at the beginning of a word
23 Key element used by good leaders in decision making
24 Florida Everglades critter, for short
27 ___ roll (winning)
28 Raise
30 ____ marketing, one avenue for funding parks programs
33 Pond bird
35 Source of natural light
36 Soccer ____ (fan in the family)
38 Global weather information provider, _____ Networks
39 Ability to look forward and plan the future confidently
Down
1 Small and medium
2 New beginning
3 Melting, like glaciers in spring
4 A hesitation
5 Flock sound
6 New technologies and programs — good leaders drive them
7 Nightfall
9 Red and orange glow
14 Compete
15 Fir tree that’s aromatic
16 Cut down, as costs
18 Words before fix or flash
19 Ad ___ Committee
22 Wine area in California
25 Donkey offering, in some parks
26 Succulents for low water areas
29 Curved
31 The Land of Yosemite and the Grand Canyon
32 Big ___, on the California coast
34 Dove noise
36 Home to Mackinaw Island, for short
37 Land of 10,000 Lakes, abbr.