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Tom Dudley, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Northeast Biocontrol Regional Project (NE-1332): Honoring 27 years of Leadership by Dick Reardon in Research and Implementation of Biological Control of Forest Pests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Moderator</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Scott M. Salom <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>1:00 p.m. Biological control of the winter moth in the Northeastern US. Joseph Elkinton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>1:15 p.m. The long term perspective of emerald ash borer biocontrol: Can introduced natural <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>enemies protect North American ash in the aftermath forests of invasion?, Jian Duan, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>USDA ARS, Newark, DE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>1:30 p.m. TBA . Ann Hajek, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>1:45 p.m. The biological control effort for hemlock woolly adelgid: No one said that it would be <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>easy. Scott Salom, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>2:00 p.m. Global progress in the biological control of weeds. Mark Schwazlander, University of <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Idaho, Moscow, ID</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2:15 p.m. Biological control for invasive knotweeds (<i>Fallopia spp</i>.) in North America. Fritzi <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Grevstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2:30 p.m. A decade of using <i>Verticillium nonalfalfae </i>as a biocontrol of the invasive <i>Ailanthus </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>altissimus </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>in the eastern US. Matt Kasson, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2:45 p.m. Outrunning the invasive species treadmill: Integrating biological control and other <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>management techniques to restore invaded sites. Ellen Lake and Judy Hough-Goldstein, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>University of Delaware, Newark, DE<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>T</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>HURSDAY </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>M</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>ORNING</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>, J</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>ANUARY </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>12, 2017</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>10:30 a.m. Does multiflora rose invasion amplify tick-borne disease risk? Solny <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Adalsteinsson. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation biologist, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Diaz-Soltero, Hilda - APHIS</b> <<a href="mailto:Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov">Hilda.Diaz-Soltero@aphis.usda.gov</a>><br>Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:17 AM<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default>I have attached the cover letter and draft agenda for the 2017 meeting. Additionally, links to the registration site, lodging, local transportation, and poster abstract guidelines can be found at the meeting website : <o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/interagency_forum/" target="_blank">http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/interagency_forum/</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default>Poster titles must be submitted online at <a href="http://sites.udel.edu/frame/poster/" target="_blank">http://sites.udel.edu/frame/poster/</a>. <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=m-8109431615411176283default>Mike McManus<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Jason Goldberg</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Branch of Aquatic Invasive Species</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Ph: 703-358-1866</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Cell: 240-687-8213</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Learn more about <i>Fish and Aquatic Conservation</i></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/" target="_blank">FWS.GOV</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/USFWS.Fisheries/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/USFWSFisheries" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eddiesfisheriesfws" target="_blank">Flickr</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=58 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/images/CAF_7.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />
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