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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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Discussion of impact of Lesser Celandine/fig buttercup on Federal endangered species:</span></b><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:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Imp-N4 (Is it likely to affect federal Threatened and Endangered species) y - mod 0.1 Because this species invades natural areas, forming dense mats and excluding spring ephemerals (see evidence in Imp-N2 and Imp-N3), it seems likely to affect threatened and endangered species. We note that this species invades floodplains and riparian areas that are known to generally contain sensitive native species.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;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><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'> Kerrie L. Kyde -DNR- [mailto:kerrie.kyde@maryland.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: FW: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stilt grass, garlic mustard etc. : Impact Inv Spp on ESA spp<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hi Marc,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The federally listed species are named in DNR's RTE lists for both plants and animals. You can find the lists here: <a href="http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/rte/rteanimals.aspx">http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/rte/rteanimals.aspx</a>, plus lists of species by county. Note too, that the WRAs we've already done, which are posted on MDA's website here: <a href="http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/maryland_invasive_plants_prevention_and_control.aspx">http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/maryland_invasive_plants_prevention_and_control.aspx</a> will include in the Maryland Filter analysis (at the very end of the WRA) whether or not the invasive plant being assessed threatens rare species or habitats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kerrie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>Kerrie L. Kyde</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>Invasive Plant Ecologist/ IPAC Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>Natural Heritage Program</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>Maryland DNR--WHS</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>11960 Clopper Road</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>Gaithersburg, MD 20878</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'>301/948-8243</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6AA84F;background:white'><a href="mailto:Kerrie.Kyde@maryland.gov" target="_blank">Kerrie.Kyde@maryland.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<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:#1F497D'>Hi Kerri,</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:#1F497D'> </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:#1F497D'>Are there any federally listed endangered or threatened species in Maryland impacted by any invasive species? Thanks</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:#1F497D'> Marc</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Marc Imlay [mailto:<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc-brd@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-brd@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stilt grass, garlic mustard etc. : Impact Inv Spp on ESA spp<br><b>Importance:</b> High</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:#1F497D'>When the bug is researched enough for a permit to be requested as a biological control for Japanese Stiltgrass, we can recognize that 2 federally listed T and E species and one candidate species are being impacted by Japanese Stiltgrass. See attachment. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES-PR 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 lang=ES-PR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><span lang=ES-PR><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>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 lang=ES-PR 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 lang=ES-PR 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 style='margin-bottom:8.6pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:Times;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Here is the review by pathologist Bill Bruckart that justifies research into a biological control for Fig Buttercup (Lesser Celandine). </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Bruckart, William [<a href="mailto:William.Bruckart@ARS.USDA.GOV">mailto:William.Bruckart@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>] <br>Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 2:37 PM<br>To: Imlay, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com">Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:jhough@udel.edu">jhough@udel.edu</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a><br>Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Marc,</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your call. I’ve got the email going and have had chance to review your inquiry. The short answer is that the pathogens listed could make the difference. Synchytrium is soil-borne, too, and might be promising for that reason. </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>If you will indulge me, there are a couple of things that are worthy of consideration while all this is getting organized. Obviously, densities where it is native are not oppressive. Is there any information about what keeps populations in check where it’s native? It seems that a lot could be learned fairly quickly in Europe that would facilitate conclusion about the potential for biological control. With more effort, other discoveries are possible. The tendency is to look at visible parts of the plant, but there could be a whole complex (or one or two) of organisms that affect bulb health, as well. Artificial treatments (inoculations) with pathogens and insects could also be tested. It may be that, despite the ephemeral nature of the plant, there are organisms (pathogens?) capable of being in place at the right time and thus effective. That would make selection of test species for the U.S. easier. Also, one could look at related plant species (there might be way to test N. Am. relatives in the field, too) to determine non-target risk as well. There are some contacts in Europe that could possibly be connected to such a study.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It seems worth looking into, Marc. Let me know what develops, please. All the best.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Cheers!</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bill</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>William L. Bruckart, III</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>USDA, ARS, FDWSRU</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1301 Ditto Ave.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ft. Detrick, MD 21702</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Phone: 301/619-2846</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:william.bruckart@ars.usda.gov">william.bruckart@ars.usda.gov</a></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS [<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2016 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS <<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>>; John Peter Thompson (<a href="mailto:ipetrus1@Verizon.net" target="_blank">ipetrus1@Verizon.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:ipetrus1@Verizon.net" target="_blank">ipetrus1@Verizon.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stilt grass, garlic mustard etc. : Impact Inv Spp on ESA spp<br><b>Importance:</b> High</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Marc: Here is the excel sheet from ICE Program that documents the invasive spp impacts on endangered, threatened, candidate of proposed for listing spp.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hilda</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Marc Imlay [<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">mailto:ialm@erols.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS' <<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'John Peter Thompson' <<a href="mailto:ipetrus1@Verizon.net" target="_blank">ipetrus1@Verizon.net</a>>; 'James, Rosalind' <<a href="mailto:Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV" target="_blank">Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>>; 'Ziska, Lewis' <<a href="mailto:Lewis.Ziska@ARS.USDA.GOV" target="_blank">Lewis.Ziska@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stilt grass, garlic mustard etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <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'>Thanks so much Hilda,</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </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'>See the attached document of the</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span><b><span lang=ES-PR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>MAIPC Biological control working Group. T</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>hanks for searching the Invasives Causing Extinction database for which, if any, candidate, threatened, endangered or proposed for listing species are being affected by</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'>Japanese stiltgrass</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><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'>The annual grass Japanese stiltgrass (<i>Microstegium vimineum</i>) can be highly invasive, especially on disturbed sites, and it is currently widely distributed in the eastern U.S. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </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'>Japanese knotweed (<i>Fallopia japonica</i>), giant knotweed (<i>F. sachalinensis</i>), and the hybrid between these two, <i>F. x bohemica</i>, also known as Bohemian or hybrid knotweed, are large herbaceous perennials that have spread throughout much of North America, especially in riparian areas.</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'> </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'>Lesser Celandine, Fig Buttercup, Ranunculus ficaria</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'> </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'>Also Garlic mustard <i>Alliaria petiolata</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES-PR 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-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS [<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2016 9:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> John Peter Thompson <<a href="mailto:ipetrus1@Verizon.net" target="_blank">ipetrus1@Verizon.net</a>>; James, Rosalind <<a href="mailto:Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV" target="_blank">Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>>; Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS <<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>>; Ziska, Lewis <<a href="mailto:Lewis.Ziska@ARS.USDA.GOV" target="_blank">Lewis.Ziska@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stilt grass, garlic mustard etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Marc: Great talking to you today. Here are the 3 spp that I understand that you want to work to look for a biological control agent (with the $50K grant from the USFS):</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Japanese stilt grass</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Japanese knotweed</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Buttercup species</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Please confirm the common and scientific name of the species. I will search the Invasives Causing Extinction database and get you any information on which, if any candidate, threatened, endangered or proposed for listing species are being affected.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hilda</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 13, 2016 4:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> John Peter Thompson <<a href="mailto:ipetrus1@Verizon.net" target="_blank">ipetrus1@Verizon.net</a>>; Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS <<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov" target="_blank">Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>>; James, Rosalind <<a href="mailto:Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV" target="_blank">Rosalind.James@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: permit for bio-controls of Japanese Knotweed, stiltgrass, garlic mustard etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR>Please call me Monday. I have that information in my USDA Invasives Causing Extinction Program. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR>The more pressing problem is countries not allowing potential biocontrol leaving their countries. I have about 10 research projects affected by this. We are working with DOS on that issue</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR>Hilda </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR><a href="tel:202-412-0477" target="_blank">202-412-0477</a><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=ES-PR><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES-PR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi again, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES-PR> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES-PR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It t is important to document federal endangered species that have been or are being greatly reduced by invasive plant species to help justify the need for bio-controls of the invasive plant species. Who can report which endangered species have this information with a special focus on invasive plant species that have or are likely to have a biological control that research finds is effective and host specific? </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=ES-PR 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 lang=ES-PR style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><span lang=ES-PR><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>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 lang=ES-PR 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 lang=ES-PR 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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.5in;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=ES-PR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-tick-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-PR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><br />
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