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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Can anyone recommend a good invasive plant removal program near Penn State for Lisa to contact?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, Biological control working Group Conservation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">coordinator.
<a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> scott.cameron@rrisc.org [mailto:scott.cameron@rrisc.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 05, 2016 11:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Imlay, Marc <Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> KaeserL@mail.nih.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Penn State student group looking for volunteer opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">My friend Lisa, copied above, has a daughter at Penn State involved in a group that might be looking for an invasive plant removal service project. Can you provide some guidance or a referral through the MAIPC?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">703 909 2880 | <a href="mailto:Scott.Cameron@rrisc.org">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Imlay, Marc
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 02, 2016 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Westby, Brooke <Brooke.Westby@pgparks.com>; Simmonds, Tanya <Tanya.Simmonds@pgparks.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: PRO Hours Work Days as of 11 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I will be giving a training session for staff at Clearwater Nature Center on Thursday at 10 am for Winter Invasive plants. I completed a preliminary survey on Dec 31.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A good January project is to remove the vertical vine component of Japanese honeysuckle up the trees. Volunteers love each tree
they just saved. And they are easy to find in Winter. A regionally dominate invasive plant species in forested areas is Japanese honeysuckle. However, unlike other regionally dominate Japanese Stiltgrass and Wavyleaf Basketgrass species, it is easy to greatly
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Method. Pull out Japanese honeysuckle by the roots in Winter wherever we see it up in the trees, aim the roots upward and tie them in place. A few have to be cut-stumped.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The absence of free Winter light energy causes the trailing horizontal vines to decline precipitously the next year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thus we control 50-80% of the honeysuckle with 10%<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of the effort to control all of it and minimal soil disturbance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Do not pull it out of the trees and watch for native vines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(moonseed, trumpet vine, native grape etc.). This method greatly reduces spraying requirements or pulling the horizontal component.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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