<div dir="ltr">Callery pear is spreading like crazy along Route 1 near Princeton, NJ. As far as I know, nothing's being done. There was an oped about Bradford Pear in the NY Times last month that used some strange math and selective pessimism to relieve readers of any need to act. I critiqued it at this <a href="http://newscompanion.blogspot.com/2016/03/more-skewed-logic-on-invasive-species.html">link</a>. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Jennifer Frum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frumjb@gmail.com" target="_blank">frumjb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Wow, I wish they would get Virginia highways on board!</div><div>Thanks<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Apr 9, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Fortunately there is pro-environmental staff at State Highway Administration (SHA).<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Marc Imlay, PhD </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><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"> MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sylvan Kaufman<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 09, 2016 7:16 AM<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Callery Pears<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Maryland State Highways did a big control project focused on callery pear along the Rt. 50 corridor between Annapolis and DC.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sylvan<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Ivmpartners2 <<a href="mailto:ivmpartners@gmail.com" target="_blank">ivmpartners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">We have been controlling pear along with other invasive plants like autumn olive with foliar backpack treatments on electric ROW in Columbia, MD and Patuxent NWR.<br>Rick<br><br>Rick Johnstone<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>> On Apr 8, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Jennifer Frum <<a href="mailto:frumjb@gmail.com" target="_blank">frumjb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi, is anything being done about the terrible invasion of seedlings along highways and in any untended land?<br>> Jennifer Frum<br>> Arlington, VA<br>><br>> Sent from my iPad<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> MAIPC mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sylvan Kaufman<br>phone: <a href="tel:410-310-0160" value="+14103100160" target="_blank">410-310-0160</a><br><a href="http://www.SylvanGreenEarth.com" target="_blank">www.SylvanGreenEarth.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.InvasivePlantGuide.com" target="_blank">www.InvasivePlantGuide.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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