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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>When we asked Maryland SHA (State Highway Administration) to remove the
~ 100 Ailanthus trees that had entered our 50 acre Lower Beaverdam Creek natural
area in Cheverly from the highway, they got right to it last year. It took one
afternoon with basal bark treatment. I assisted SHA and also got the remaining
~10 trees myself that were the responsibility of the city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cheverly</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Marc Imlay, PhD<br>
Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed Society<br>
(301-699-6204, 301-283-0808 301-442-5657 cell)<br>
Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council,<br>
Hui o Laka at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kokee State Park</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State></st1:place><br>
Vice president of the Maryland Native Plant Society,<br>
Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee<br>
for the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State> Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>FRALAW@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 18, 2006
1:49 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [APWG] State Highway
Department Invasive Programs?</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Can any one suggest a state highway department who is doing a
reasonable job at invasive control..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>mark fraley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>nashville</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
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