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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>REMINDER <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>MA-EPPC presents our <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>INVASIVE PLANTS, Research, Removal and Renewal Conference<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Wed Aug 15 and Thurs Aug 16, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">PA</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>The following topics will be presented: the extent of invasive plants<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>in the Mid-Atlantic region, the latest invasive plant control<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>strategies, native plants that are good alternatives to invasives,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Federal invasive plant efforts, how deer contribute to the spread of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>invasive plants,new technologies to measure and monitor invasive plant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>populations, how to motivate volunteers, and how native plant recovery<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>can prevent spread of invasive plants.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>More details and a downloadable brochure are available at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>http://www.ma-eppc.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>WHO SHOULD ATTEND?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Nursery and landscape professionals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Natural resource managers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>State and local officials<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Managers of parks, preserves and conservation districts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Invasive plant management and restoration specialists<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Extension agents and environmental educators<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Public and botanical garden managers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Researchers, students and gardeners<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Garden and outdoor writers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Interested homeowners<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Golf course and recreational land managers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>YOU<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Please distribute this message to any interested individuals or groups<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>you know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>We look forward to another great meeting this year!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Jan Ferrigan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>MA-EPPC Board President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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