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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>APWG:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Imlay cites actual work rather than speculation,
and while a couple of flycatchers on a sprig may not make a spring, the
studies do add to the volumes already extant that point toward the principle:
Healthy, diverse, undisturbed, and even effectively "restored" ecosystems are
resistant to invasion--once niches are filled, any additional organism, alien or
indigenous, plays hell getting a foothold without outside help. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The armchair-bound might do well to actually think
hard about his point, and even visit the sites before thrashing about in the
weeds. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ialm@erols.com href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">Marc Imlay</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=apwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 27, 2011 5:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APWG] Exotics species
overhyped,according to Feb.2011 SCI AMER article</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regarding
“</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the exotic plant is considered a
critical habitat for endangered bird species, such as the <A
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27"><FONT
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27
color=black><SPAN
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">southwestern willow
flycatcher</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A> that nests in its branches.” so was the
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">native cottonwood and willow
trees replaced by the salt cedar critical habitat for the bird (There was only
one listed endangered bird species, not several as implied). We have to
replace the salt cedar that we remove with the original natives. In this case
one of the benefits of the native ecosystem was retained by the exotic
ecosystem but other benefits were lost. The biological control can be released
where the endangered bird is not present but only mechanical and herbicidal
control should be used where the endangered bird is surviving, and only
gradually while the native trees grow up and support the endangered bird.
The same phenomena occurred in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> when the birds that endangered plants
depended upon became extinct (because of us). It became necessary to retain
non-native birds that the endangered plants need. We chose a less invasive
species of bird to retain that worked for the plants.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regarding</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“There have been thousands of
nonnative species introduced in the United States," he says, "and they have
not caused one native species to go extinct.", Davis is incorrect. While it is
true that invasive plant species alone on the mainland have caused few
extinctions the same can be said for other causes. It is the cumulative impact
that generally causes extinction. Examination of endangered and extinct
species has shown that replacement by monocultures occurs over a significant
portion of the ranges of about 40% of endangered species.
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For
example, in a paper by Sam Fuller and myself, we did a field survey of the
endangered mussel, Elliptio waccamawensis, in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:place></st1:State> We found that the invasive
Asiatic clam, Corbicula </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">manilensis</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
replaced the native mussels which we found dead on the banks but only where
the creeks were disturbed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Where the Asiatic
clam had not yet reached the disturbed habitat the mussels survived. The
Asiatic Clam was present, but in a much lower density, in pristine unpolluted
habitat and the mussels also survived. </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fuller</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, S. L. H. and
M. J. </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Imlay</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. 1976. Spatial
competition between </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Corbicula</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN
style="DISPLAY: none"><BR sb_id="ms__id259"></SPAN>manilensis (Philippi), the
Chinese clam (Corbiculidae), and the freshwater</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">mussels
(Unionidae) in the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Waccamaw</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River basin</st1:PlaceType> of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Carolinas</st1:place> (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Bulletin 23(2):60. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">[Abstract]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">
Dead mussel shells and abundant living Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1841)
were found below the confluence of the Waccamaw River with the intracoastal
Waterway (Horry County, South Carolina), where the river is profoundly
disturbed by human activities. Above this confluence, where the river is, in
general, little disturbed, mussels were found increasingly dominant over C.
manilensis, as samples were taken further upstream, until the latter
disappeared. C. manilensis reappeared in <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Waccamaw</st1:PlaceName> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Columbus County</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North
Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>), but mussels persisted in apparently
diminished numbers. The lake is almost encircled by extant and potential land
development, but its floor remains negligibly damaged. It appears that C.
manilensis does not (and perhaps cannot) dominate indigenous bivalves in
nearly or quite natural habitats, at least in slowly moving, soft bottom
Coastal Plain streams of the Atlantic drainage. Corollarily, not to disturb
aquatic habitats may be man's best defense against domination of the benthos
by C. manilensis. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marc
Imlay, PhD,</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Conservation
biologist, Park Ranger Office</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(301)
442-5657 cell</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><FONT
title=mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com color=navy><SPAN
title=mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A> <A
title=mailto:ialm@erols.com
href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</A></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Natural
and Historical Resources Division</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Maryland-National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Capital</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and Planning
Commission</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=http://www.pgparks.com
href="http://www.pgparks.com">www.pgparks.com</A></SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 30pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <SPAN
lang=EN>Alien Invasion? An Ecologist Doubts the Impact of
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 30pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Exotic
Species<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P id=articleDek
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many
conservationists have dedicated their lives to eradicating invasive plant and
animal species, but Mark Davis wants them to reassess their
missions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=articleinfo1 sizcache="22" sizset="144"><SPAN sizcache="22"
sizset="144"><SPAN class=byline1><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">By <A
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/author.cfm?id=1575
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/author.cfm?id=1575"><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">Brendan Borrell</SPAN></FONT></A>
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> | </SPAN></FONT></B><SPAN
class=datestamp3><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August 14,
2009 |</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alien-invasion-ecologist-doubts-exotic&page=2#comments#comments
comments on this article"
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alien-invasion-ecologist-doubts-exotic&page=2#comments#comments"><FONT
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alien-invasion-ecologist-doubts-exotic&page=2#comments#comments
color=black><SPAN
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=alien-invasion-ecologist-doubts-exotic&page=2#comments#comments><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">43</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 18.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>As Chew and
his co-authors point out in the March issue of <A
title=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122240688/abstract
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122240688/abstract"><EM><I><FONT
title=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122240688/abstract face=Arial
color=black><SPAN
title=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122240688/abstract><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Restoration
Ecology</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></I></EM></A>, salt cedar was just a scapegoat in
the <A title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=water
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=water"><FONT
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=water color=black><SPAN
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=water><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">water</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A> wars that have
gripped the Southwest. Today, many early claims have been refuted and the
exotic plant is considered a critical habitat for endangered bird species,
such as the <A
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27"><FONT
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27
color=black><SPAN
title=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=biologists-arent-keeping-track-of-e-2009-05-27><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">southwestern willow
flycatcher</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A> that nests in its
branches.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 18.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In his book
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Davis</st1:place></st1:City> picks
apart the claim that invasive species are the second-leading cause of
extinctions. He traces that meme back to a 1998 paper by <st1:place
w:st="on">Princeton</st1:place> ecologist <A
title=http://www.princeton.edu/step/people/faculty/david-wilcove/
href="http://www.princeton.edu/step/people/faculty/david-wilcove/"><FONT
title=http://www.princeton.edu/step/people/faculty/david-wilcove/
color=black><SPAN
title=http://www.princeton.edu/step/people/faculty/david-wilcove/><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">David Wilcove</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A> and
colleagues in the journal <EM><I><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bioscience</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>,
which he derides for being based on the "opinions" of field researchers.
Moreover, most species said to be imperiled by invaders were located in
<st1:State w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State> and on other islands, not the mainland
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, where he is skeptical that
alien species can gain a foothold. "There have been thousands of nonnative
species introduced in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>," he says, "and they
have not caused one native species to go
extinct."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 18.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><FONT
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face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Craig Dremann -
Redwood City Seed Company<BR>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:32 PM<BR>To:
apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<BR>Subject: [APWG] Exotics
species</SPAN></FONT></B> <B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">overhyped,according to Feb.2011
SCI AMER article</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear
All,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">February 2011
Scientific American article, page 74-77 "A Friend to
Aliens,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">by Brendan
Borrell, an interview with Mark Davis of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Macalester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">St.
Paul</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:City><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:State
w:st="on">MN</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></B></st1:place><B><FONT face=Arial
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sincerely,
Craig Dremann<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P></DIV>
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