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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Apologies for Cross-Postings<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Plant <span class=GramE>enthusiasts,</span> sign up today for one of
our plant courses – from beginner to expert, there is a course to fit
every level.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Home to the
nation’s first wholesale wetland plant nursery – growing over 120
species of native plants, Environmental Concern is a plant lover’s
dream.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For more information please
log on to <a href="http://www.wetland.org/">www.wetland.org</a> or call (410)
745-9620.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Wetland Botany for Non-Botanists:</span></font></u></b><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This 1-day field course will focus
on both tidal and non-tidal wetland plant identification. Emphasizing key field
characteristics of a select number of vascular plant families will facilitate
quick assessment. While instructor-led keying and group keying will teach the
necessary skills for more exacting id requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Location – </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>St. Michaels</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>MD</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><b><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>June 11<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>$230<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Fern and Fern Allies ID:</span></font></u></b><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'> Add fern and fern allies to
your arsenal of vegetation knowledge, useful for delineation, mitigation
planning and wetland restoration work. This 1-day course will be a combination
of classroom and field work. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Location – </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>St. Michaels</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>MD</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>August 13<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>$185<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Grasses, Sedges and Rushes:</span></font></u></b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Through lecture, the examination of live
plant specimens in the lab and the field, and keying exercises, the students
will learn the morphological terminology necessary to identify grass, sedges,
and rushes. Students will leave with an understanding of the families, family
subdivisions and genera of the often-difficult species of grasses, sedges and
rushes (wetland and upland).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Location – </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>St. Michaels</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>MD</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>September 15-16<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>$390<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Wetland Vegetative Sampling:</span></font></u></b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> Heavily field oriented, </span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>this 3-day
course will be an in-depth exploration into the variety of vegetative sampling
and analysis tools available for wetland professionals with special attention
paid to jurisdictional delineation. Students will collect quantitative data
including density, percent cover, basal area, frequency and species richness
(fixed and <span class=SpellE>plotless</span> methods for trees). Both the <span
class=SpellE>the</span> comprehensive method in the Corp's 1987 manual, and <span
class=SpellE>NRCS's</span> Point Intercept Sampling Procedure used in the 1989
Federal Delineation manual will be practiced.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>Location – St. Michael’s </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Maryland</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>July 27-29<span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:108.85pt 179.95pt 251.0pt 313.15pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'>$650<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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