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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Mapping and Early Detection<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>-</span></font>Rapid Response<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></b><b><font
size=4 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>for Invasive Exotic Species</span></font></b><b><font size=4
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>. July 30, 2008. Hands on workshop for land managers and planners at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Frying</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Farm</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType> in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fairfax</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State></st1:place>.
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>For the annual
Mid-Atlantic Exotic <st1:place w:st="on">Pest</st1:place> Plant Council
workshop it is recommended that attendees register by July 18 for the $55 early
registration<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>at<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.ma-eppc.org/">www.ma-eppc.org</a>.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Mapping the Mid-Atlantic</span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Creating a Consistent Early Detection—Rapid Response
System for Invasive Exotic Species<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>8:00 am Registration<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>8:30 am Welcome
and introduction, housekeeping<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Meghan Fellows</st1:PersonName>, President, MA-EPPC<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>8:45
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Carol
Holko</st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Chief, Plant Protection and Weed Management<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Maryland Department of Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>
EDRR: Lessons from the Emerald Ash Borer Experience<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Introduced into <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State>
illegally in 2003 on infested nursery stock, EAB presented a significant threat
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place>’s
forests, both natural and plantation, and for nursery production of ash
trees. MDA’s PPWM section organized and implemented an EDRR plan
unprecedented in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State></st1:place>.
Ms. Holko will share lessons from her experience managing this effort,
including the importance of prevention, the value of mapping an outbreak and
how to do it, and the issues presented in bringing together the right team for
the job.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Break<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>9:45
Kristin Sewak<br>
Director<br>
Natural Biodiversity<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>
<em><i><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal'>Ranking
Invasive Plants: Case Studies and Customization</span></font></i></em><i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'>
A look at existing ranking systems, how land managers can customize the
principles within those based on their specific management goals and
geographic areas, and a guide to the key questions to ask as a first step in
developing their ranking methodology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>10:15
<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal'>Mary Travaglini</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName>
<br>
Potomac Gorge Habitat Restoration Manager <br>
The Nature Conservancy of MD/DC <br>
<font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'> </span></font>Assessing
Risk for Invasive Plants--Not so Complicated After All<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>10:45 Panel (of
Speakers): Questions: How to determine criteria associated with an EDRR? What
is NEW? What is an important movement? What is a routine movement? How many
times must a record appear for it to be established?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>11:15 <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Chuck Bargeron</st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">David
Moorhead</st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>
Information Technology Director; Co-Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
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Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Georgia</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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EDDMaps<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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What is it, how does it work, who can use it, when is it used, why was it
developed?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>12:15 Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>1:00
Small group workshop problem set and GPS tasks<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Organization or break-out groups and distribution<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>2:00 to 2:30
(Depending on group activities and areas covered) Whole group feedback<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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EDDMaps in action in real time<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>3:00 or 3:30 Facilitated
Panel, Jil Swearingen, National Park Service (Bugwood and Invited MA-EPPC Board
Members)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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EDRR for Mid-Atlantic brainstorming session<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Questions: What do we need to do to make this happen? What are next steps? How
do we identify the experts? How do we fund this (initially and maintenance)?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>4:30
Closing Remarks (Meghan Fellows)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>5:30
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