<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"></HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV>MPWG:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Growing ginseng and other medicinal plants in West Virginia is becoming
increasingly difficult as Japanese stiltgrass moves into interior cove
sites.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The photo below is in two year old harvest area where the forest understory
has nearly become a Microstegium monoculture.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Russ Richardson</DIV>
<DIV>Crummies Creek Tree Farm</DIV>
<DIV>Arnoldsburg, WV</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV id=role_album>
<TABLE id=role_outline cellSpacing=0 cols=1 align=center border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD id=role_picture style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; PADDING-TOP: 2px" align=left>
<TABLE style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle width=360><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1122996546@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 360px; HEIGHT: 240px" height=240 width=360 align=middle border=0 comp_state="speed" DATASIZE="42652" ID="MA1.1122996546" > </TD>
<TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px" vAlign=center align=middle>
<DIV id=role_caption style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Black Cohosh close to
invasion boundary</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD id=role_picture style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; PADDING-TOP: 2px" align=left>
<TABLE style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=center align=middle width=360><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA2.1122996546@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 360px; HEIGHT: 240px" height=240 width=360 align=middle border=0 name=8F0A7099-BE61-4EF9-9F20-4C06B072766C comp_state="speed" DATASIZE="35228" ID="MA2.1122996546" > </TD>
<TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px" vAlign=center align=middle>
<DIV id=role_caption style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">August 2005 extreme
weed whacking in Microstegium and nettles two years after logging
</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>