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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Call for Papers Deadline
is February 22, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";
color:#579638'>MARK YOUR CALENDARS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Weeds
Across Borders 2010 conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>June 1-4,
2010</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>National
Conservation Training Center <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Shepherdstown,
West Virginia, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>For more
details, visit <a href="http://www.weedcenter.org/wab2010">www.weedcenter.org/wab2010</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";
color:#579638'>The Weeds Across Borders 2010 Coordinating Committee is now
accepting abstracts for oral (paper) and poster presentations.</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> The theme of this year’s
conference is “Plant Invasions: Policies, Politics, and Practices”.
Program session topics include: Cooperation & Partnerships, Applied
Research Reports, New Issues, Border Management & Recreational Pathways,
Economic & Ecological Impacts: Trends & Predictions, Awareness &
Education, and Early Detection & Rapid Response. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>For
more information on the <b><span style='color:#579638'>Call for Papers</span></b>
and a tentative <b><span style='color:#579638'>Conference Agenda</span></b>,
visit the <a href="http://www.weedcenter.org/wab2010">WAB 2010 website</a>. <b><span
style='color:#579638'>The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended to
February 22, 2010.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Weeds
Across Borders is a biennial international conference covering the interests of
professionals and organizations involved in weed management and regulation. It
is composed of an affiliation of organizations from various jurisdictions across
North America with a common interest in sharing information and promoting weed
management throughout North America. Because weeds do not respect human imposed
laws or boundaries, we must develop partnerships, share information, and
coordinate programs and projects that cross these boundaries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>The
goal of the conference is to provide a forum for educating, sharing, and
disseminating knowledge about weed management, regulatory issues, and concerns
about weed dispersal across and between all jurisdictional boundaries in
Mexico, Canada, and the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";
color:#579638'>WAB Conference Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:emily.rindos@montana.edu">Emily Rindos</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Center
for Invasive Plant Management</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Montana
State University-Bozeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>(406)
994-7862<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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