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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m working with a group of landowners in a subwatershed of the Batten Kill watershed in Vermont. We hope to create a landowners’ association to manage Japanese knotweed over the long term. I have suggested to the landowners that annual treatments for four years followed by annual monitoring and treatments as needed will do the trick. They understandably would like to know if others have tried something similar, and if so, whether it was successful. Does anyone have success stories (or sad stories) to share with me? Thanks very much.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shelly Stiles, district manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bennington County Conservation District<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 505<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bennington, VT 05201<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>802 442 2275<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bccd@sover.net">bccd@sover.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.bccdvt.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>