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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Hi weed warriors,<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'>Here is an update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass which is highly invasive and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>has just hit <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Click on <a href="http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/</span></font></a><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>for a jpg and press release<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We mapped and removed 3
small patches of Wavy Leaf Basket Grass <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Greenbelt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">National Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
ranging from 5ft. by 3ft. to 20ft. by 10ft. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>on the eastern side of
the Azalea Trail, to the west of the Sweetgum <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Picnic Area. All of the
Wavy Leaf patches were quite dense, with <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>individual plants
occurring along deer trails between major patches. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>There is still time this year for an organized team of Federal, State,
and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>local researchers and managers to start documenting the distribution <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>of this EDRR grass starting at the known locations in Beltsville, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Greenbelt</st1:City></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place>. Who can step forward and
help<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>take <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>the lead? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Cheers</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Marc Imlay, PhD <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed Society <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>(301-699-6204, 301-283-0808 301-442-5657 cell)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Hui o Laka at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Kokee State Park</st1:City>, <st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Vice president of the Maryland Native Plant Society, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place> Chapter of the Sierra Club.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>You can click on <a
href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://www.ma-eppc.org"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none'>www.ma-eppc.org</span></font></a><font color=navy><span style='color:
navy'> </span></font><br>
Then click on the moving, scrolling, picture of the wavy grass and a link <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>to the invasives site<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>:</span></font>
<a href="http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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