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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>While this bill was still in process I
happened (on the net) on a list of the plants of concern. Not only was the list
relatively short, but I did not recognize one plant on the list. No knapweed,
no star thistle, no purple loosestrife. I wrote for more information and got a
very terse letter back telling me that these were agricultural weeds of concern,
and that the list had been carefully thought out. Can’t seem to find the
list on the net anymore. Can anyone corroborate my story? I do hope I’m
wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>National Vice President, Wild Ones </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural
Landscapes: promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve
biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native
plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and
advocacy organization.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
APWG-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:APWG-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>MALawler@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 23, 2005
4:14 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> FRALAW@aol.com;
apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [APWG] the Noxious
Weed Control Act </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black'> I'm assuming you mean the one enacted last year....<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The US Code citation is also below....<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>[[Page 118 STAT. 2320]]<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Public Law 108-412 <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> An Act <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> provide assistance to eligible weed management entities to control or <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> eradicate noxious weeds on public and private land. <<NOTE: Oct. 30, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> 2004 - [S. 144]>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>United States of America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> in Congress assembled,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>SECTION 1. NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AND ERADICATION.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>adding at the end the following new subtitle:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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