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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#643200;letter-spacing:.6pt">Home gardeners and tree professionals alike<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#643200;letter-spacing:.6pt">will benefit from this program and field demonstration
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#002600">Friday, May 30, 2014<br>
9:30 am – 12:00 pm <br>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#643200;letter-spacing:.6pt">2 CEUs available for ISA Certified Arborists and Landscape Architects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Two distinguished specialists will lead the discussion:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Mike Raupp</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">, Professor
 of Entomology at the University of Maryland, will review the biology of the EAB and discuss the latest research on treatment methods.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Mike Galvin,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Director of the Consulting Group at SavATree and award-winning arborist, will discuss preparing for the arrival of EAB. Whether you have one ash
 tree or manage hundreds of trees, this critical information will increase your likelihood of saving trees and saving money.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">The presentation will be followed by an EAB treatment demonstration on the National Arboretum grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Free, registration required</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">.
<a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/events.html">Click here</a> for complete details and registration information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300;letter-spacing:.6pt">Please contact me with questions.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Thank you,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Lindsay Hicks</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Education Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">U.S. National Arboretum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">3501 New York Ave. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Washington, DC   20002<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">202-245-5898<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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