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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh, go ahead and comment, Carol. But if you don't have time, the first comment at the end of the article by </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>a member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO) says it all. I didn't put this on my evaluation for after the MAIPC conference, but some of the issues might make a good presentation at the next conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Marney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carol Jelich<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 17, 2015 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Article from Harpers Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MAIPC folks,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The conference sessions and field walk were excellent (chigger bites notwithstanding). Thanks to all who contributed to the success of this event.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am sharing without comment the link to an article on invasive plants in</span><i> </i><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Harper's</span> </i><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Magazine</span></i> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>September 2015 issue:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"Weed Whackers:</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Monsanto, glyphosate, and the war on invasive species</span>,<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>" by</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Andrew Cockburn</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://harpers.org/archive/2015/09/weed-whackers/2/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://harpers.org/archive/2015/09/weed-whackers/2/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Carol</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(okay I will comment. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>No, no, I won't.</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sigh.)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>