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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Of all the species not
native to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State>
that the Polynesians brought in about a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>millennium ago they
agree that two are invasive and are active in removing them <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>to help rescue the
native plants and animals of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State>.
Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Marc Imlay, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Conservation biologist,
Anacostia Watershed Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(301-699-6204,
301-283-0808)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>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><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Board member of the
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Vice president of the
Maryland Native Plant Society,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Chair of the
Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Committee for the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place> Chapter of the
Sierra Club.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Craig Dremann<br>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:04 PM<br>
To: Bob Beyfuss<br>
Cc: apwg@lists.plantconservation.org; Steve Erickson<br>
Subject: [APWG] Electronic Public Discussion: Evaluating the InvasivePotential
of Imported Plants<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>I wanted to chime in on
Bob and Steve's discussions. Why 1600 CE for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>the cut-off date for
exotic plants into <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>? Why
not 1491?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>It doesn't really matter
where you draw the line on controlling exotic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>plants, or the details
on what and how the preservation of North<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>'s
original native ecosystems are going to occur.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The only thing that
appears to be of any importance at the end of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>day, is that the
Federal, State, local governments, and private<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>landowners actually
begin making the multi-billion dollar annual<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>investment in doing so,
throughout <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Once the funding process
is started on a significant level, then the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>discussions may become
unimportant, because instead of talking we will<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>be busy making annual
achievements on a large scale that actually get<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>the job done, that we
all know is desperately needed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Sincerely, Craig
Dremann (650) 325-7333<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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