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Author: Leah Wasser

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+# Earth Lab -- Pull Request Template
+Welcome to the earth analytics python environment repo! 
+
+Before submitting a Pull Request **please be sure to submit an issue that describes what the contents of the PR addresses**.
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Please do not use this repository as a practice activity to learn how to use GitHub! Only submit a PR after: 
+
+1. Submitting an issue with a valid item that you wish to address in earthpy
+2. Getting approval from one of the maintainers to submit a formal PR.
+
+## Description
+
+Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Be sure to reference the ISSUE that this PR addresses which should have been approved by an earthpy maintainer. 
+
+Fixes # (issue)
+
+## Type of change
+
+Please delete options that are not relevant.
+
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
+- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
+- [ ] Documentation update
+
+## How Has This Been Tested?
+
+Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Provide instructions so we can reproduce. Please also list any relevant details for your test configuration
+
+- [ ] Test A
+- [ ] Test B
+
+
+## Checklist:
+
+- [ ] I have already submitted an issue and i was invited to submit a pr by an earthdatascience.org maintainer
+- [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
+- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
+- [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
+- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
+- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
+- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
+- [ ] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
+- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules
+- [ ] I have checked my code and corrected any misspellings