[APWG] Fwd: NPCC News: Maine Set to Act Against Invasive Exotic Plants

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Information courtesy of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign (more info:
http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/)
Forwarded:
From: Emily B Roberson <emilyr at plantsocieties.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:59 AM
Subject: NPCC News: Maine Set to Act Against Invasive Exotic Plants

*Native Plant Conservation Campaign News: *Maine to Prohibit 33 Invasive
Plant Species, including some still sold by vendors.
February 3, 2017

Maine would be among the last New England states to enact such a ban.

The proposed rule would make it illegal to buy, sell, import, export or
grow certain types of plants that were imported to the state for ornamental
or other purposes, but have since proved to spread quickly, choke out
native species and disrupt entire ecosystems.

For more information and a list of species proposed for exclusion see:

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/27/maine-rule-would-ban-3
3-invasive-land-plants/
<http://t.ymlp45.com/busafaejyquafaqjbaiauuy/click.php>

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Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.
Native Plant Conservation Campaign <http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/>
415 531 4439
emilyr at plantsocieties.org
*The mission of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign is to promote the
conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration,
research, education, and advocacy.*
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