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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Great design, thanks! With apologies to those on this listserv who don’t live in Virginia, I am certainly glad to see that the new design covers up the partial nudity displayed on the seal </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> And now for a trivia question: what is the name of the plant that decorates the perimeter of the seal? Give up? Check out this source: <a href="http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Virginia/seal_virginia.html">http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Virginia/seal_virginia.html</a> I actually learned all sorts of things about the seal in this article.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ruth Douglas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Charlottesville, VA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Soles<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> pollinatorplates@gmail.com; Cliff Fairweather<br><b>Cc:</b> APWG@lists.plantconservation.org; armn@googlegroups.com; RiP_Arlington@yahoogroups.com; maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] [armn] Invasive plants as an "Enemy of the State"!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A campaign to update the state seal, perhaps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Naturalist</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gulf Branch Nature Center</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3608 Military Road</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arlington, VA 22207</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(703) 228-3403</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com">armn@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com">mailto:armn@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samantha Gallagher<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 16, 2014 2:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Cliff Fairweather<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:APWG@lists.plantconservation.org">APWG@lists.plantconservation.org</a>; <a href="mailto:frazmo@gmail.com">frazmo@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com">armn@googlegroups.com</a>; <a href="mailto:RiP_Arlington@yahoogroups.com">RiP_Arlington@yahoogroups.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [armn] Invasive plants as an "Enemy of the State"!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Should we start an Indiegogo for it? :)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 16, 2014 2:35 PM, "Cliff Fairweather" <<a href="mailto:Cfairweather@arlingtonva.us">Cfairweather@arlingtonva.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We need one for English ivy!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn@googlegroups.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>frazmo<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn@googlegroups.com</a>; <a href="mailto:RiP_Arlington@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">RiP_Arlington@yahoogroups.com</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; <a href="mailto:APWG@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">APWG@lists.plantconservation.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [armn] Invasive plants as an "Enemy of the State"!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p>While driving Interstate 70 in Missouri I was surprised to see a billboard that said "Enemy of the State" in big bold letters and seemed to depict green stuff... Then I saw that below it said stop <a href="http://honeysuckle.org" target="_blank">honeysuckle.org</a> . It turns out they are campaigning against the spread of Bush Honeysuckle in MO; see<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://stophoneysuckle.org/about-us/" target="_blank">http://stophoneysuckle.org/about-us/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Impressive to actually see a highway billboard for outreach! Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Steve Young<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Regional Master Naturalists" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>Visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/armn" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/armn</a>.<br>For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Regional Master Naturalists" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">armn@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>Visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/armn" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/armn</a>.<br>For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington Regional Master Naturalists" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">armn+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:armn@googlegroups.com">armn@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>Visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/armn">http://groups.google.com/group/armn</a>.<br>For more options, visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/optout">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>