[MAIPC] Virginia Invasive Plants Study Legislation

[Elizabeth Mizell]

*There is some important invasive species legislation pending during the
short Virginia legislative session. See summary below and link to the full
resolution language. *

*Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species work group;
report.* Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation, jointly
with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to establish a
work group to study the sale and use of invasive plant species. The
resolution requests that the departments work with several state agencies,
conservation nonprofits, and plant industry and agriculture groups to
develop recommendations regarding statutory and regulatory changes intended
to reduce or eliminate the sale and use of invasive plant species in the
Commonwealth and promote the sale and use of native plants.

Virginia House Joint Resolution 527
<https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HJ527>

*Please contact your Virginia legislators and ask them for their support of
the resolution. *

Read the Blue Ridge PRISM Action Alert
<https://mailchi.mp/blueridgeprism/action-alert-invasive-plants-study-legislation>
for more information.



*Thank you,Beth Mizell *
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Elizabeth Anne Mizell
Program Director | Blue Ridge PRISM
beth at blueridgeprism.org


Blue Ridge PRISM <https://blueridgeprism.org/> is a partnership for
regional invasive species management in Virginia.
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