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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><sup><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><img width=77 height=76 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD9D72.7D067460" alt="cipwiglogofinal 2009.jpg"></span></b><sup><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></sup></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please join us for an Invasive Plant Symposium at the University of Connecticut on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:20 p.m. The symposium will be presented by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:char'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Keynote Address will be given by Dr. <span style='color:black'>Elizabeth Farnsworth</span>, <span style='color:black'>Senior Research Ecologist, New England Wild Flower Society</span>. <span style='color:black'> </span>Additional morning presentations will <span style='color:black'>include opening remarks by</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Commissioner Dan Esty, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and </span></strong>legislative updates. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Concurrent </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Afternoon Session Topics<span style='color:black'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>will include:<b> </b>Natives - Replanting, Restoration; Invasives 101 (a refresher course on invasive plants); Aquatic Invasive Plants; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>An Invasive Plant Management Decision Analysis Tool; Economics of Invasive Plants (Utilities and Urban Forestry); and a </span></strong>Native Plants Panel (using locally native plants).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pesticide Recertification Credits </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and a variety of other continuing education credits <span style='color:black'>(<b>CEUs</b>) </span>will be offered (see website).</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Registration $55</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> <b>(postmarked after September 21 or for walk-in registrations)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Students $25 – bring valid school ID<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Walk-in registrations if space is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Full program and registration information<span style='color:black'>, including <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>online registration</span></span> are available on the<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CIPWG website: <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg">www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg</a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>F</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>or additional information,<span style='color:black'> please</span> contact Donna Ellis at (860) 486-6448; <a href="mailto:donna.ellis@uconn.edu">donna.ellis@uconn.edu</a><span style='color:black'>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Donna Ellis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Senior Extension Educator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Co-Chair, Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>University of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1390 Storrs Road, Unit 4163<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Storrs, CT 06269-4163<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Phone (860) 486-6448<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>FAX (860) 486-0682<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Email:</span><span style='color:#000099'> <a href="mailto:donna.ellis@uconn.edu" title="mailto:donna.ellis@uconn.edu
blocked::mailto:donna.ellis@uconn.edu"><span style='color:blue'>donna.ellis@uconn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>CT Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG):</span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:#000099'><a href="www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg" title="www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg
blocked::www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg"><span style='color:blue'>www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>CT Purple Loosestrife Program:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.purpleloosestrife.uconn.edu/"><span style='color:blue'>www.purpleloosestrife.uconn.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>UConn Integrated Pest Management (IPM):</span><span style='color:#000099'> <a href="www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/" title="www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/
blocked::www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/"><span style='color:blue'>www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#000099'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>"<i>An equal opportunity employer and program provider</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>