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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hi
restoration leaders, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR><FONT
color=#800000><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">This is a good time to forward updated
announcements for the <SPAN class=750241611-11022012>Maryland
</SPAN>20<SPAN class=593465510-11022012>12</SPAN> Invasive plant removal
schedule. Most of the events I know about are shown in the updated <SPAN
class=585332918-14022012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#000080
size=3>link</FONT> </FONT></SPAN>below for 20<SPAN
class=593465510-11022012>1</SPAN>1. I will forward them to the Sierra Club
Maryland state chapter newsletter, Maryland Native Plant Society for the
annual update, the ACB Bay Journal and web sites for the Maryland Invasive
Species Council (MISC), Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council (MAIPC) and other
societies. If you know of other sites let’s include them. Spring is a good
time for volunteers to appreciate the native ephemeral flowers that are being
rescued!</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">Thanks so much.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT
color=#008000><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial> <BR></FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><FONT size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></P>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><A
href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-ipc/message/4658"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><STRONG>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-ipc/message/465<SPAN
class=585332918-14022012>8</A> </SPAN><SPAN
class=585332918-14022012> </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><BR></DIV><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT><BR></SPAN><FONT color=#008000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Marc Imlay,
PhD,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#008000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Conservation
biologist, Park Ranger Office</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#008000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">(301)
442-5657 cell</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
title=mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"></A><A
title=mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com
href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"></A><FONT color=#008000> </FONT><A
title=mailto:ialm@erols.com href="mailto:ialm@erols.com"><FONT
color=#008000>ialm@erols.com</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#008000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Natural
and Historical Resources Division</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#008000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The <st1:place
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w:st="on">Capital</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
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Commission</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
title=http://www.pgparks.com href="http://www.pgparks.com"><FONT
color=#008000>www.pgparks.com</FONT></A></SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Here is the concept I mentioned at a
workshop about choosing invasive plant control restoration sites where we
can win the battle, followed by moving on later to more invaded sites to win the
war. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">b. Surveys<FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT>and management plans. Inventory and
prioritize. In choosing the site it is best to start with the more sensitive
areas [dominated by native rather than non-native plants] and work out as
volunteer and staff support grows. Some of the natives remain to re-colonize as
invasive plant control advances<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">
</SPAN></FONT>and environmental stresses are controlled. These sites also become
sources of native plants for contiguous areas and sites nearby, especially when
resources are available to remove invasive species by their land
managers. <SPAN class=593465510-11022012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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