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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>They have done an excellent program with goats. The key point is monitoring the goats so they remove what we want and not much of the natives.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD <br>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation biologist, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="tel:%28301%29%20442-5657" target="_blank">(301) 442-5657</a> cell Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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'><o:p> </o:p></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 [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sylvan Kaufman<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 16, 2016 7:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Goat grazing workshops Oct. 1 and 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Adkins Arboretum is hosting a pair of workshops on using goats to control invasive plants by Brian Knox, president of Sustainable Resource Management. Register at <a href="http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/index.html">http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"arial sans-serif",serif;color:#3B3838'>Session #1 involves both classroom and fieldwork and provides an introduction to invasive vegetation and the need for control, types of control, and determining if goats are the right tool. Fieldwork will include an introduction to goats and a vegetation survey and discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"arial sans-serif",serif;color:#3B3838'>Session #2 involves classroom work and a hands-on workshop, including discussion of site location and suitability and possible downsides to using goats on your site. Fieldwork will include site preparation, fencing, and installing goats in a new location.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"arial sans-serif",serif;color:#3B3838'>Brian Knox is the President of Sustainable Resource Management, Inc. He has a BS in Forest Resource Management with a minor in Soil Science from West Virginia University. For more than twenty years his passion for sustainability has helped to shape the face of forestry practices in West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />
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