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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white 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'>Could people post about the value of the work done by ISAC so that we can write to our senators and representatives supporting it. Specific information and articles about it would be most helpful.<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John Ambler<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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Young<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 08, 2017 10:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve (maipc@lists.maipc.org)<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] DIO ISAC suspended<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Just so folks know, the ISAC was under scrutiny before the current administration took office. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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"'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>> on behalf of krismairi <<a href="mailto:krismairi@yahoo.com">krismairi@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, May 8, 2017 at 10:46 AM<br><b>To: </b>"Ossi, Damien (DOEE)" <<a href="mailto:damien.ossi@dc.gov">damien.ossi@dc.gov</a>>, MAIPSC listserv <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [MAIPC] DIO ISAC suspended<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If true, that news shouldnt be a shock to anyone. Mr Trump, and his clueless ilk, don't have an environmentally responsible bone in their collective bodies. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you thought Dick and little W were toxic for this planet's health...wait til you see what the Dumpster gang has in store.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Unbridled greed, coupled with an unchecked gutting of this nation's resource safeguards, is their endgame. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Make no mistake about it. That is their mission. The evidence is mounting everywhere you look with this collection of clowns.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do your part. Inform the ignorant that might be illuminated. Don't waste your time on the braindead deplorables. They haven't the intelligence to comprehend what you are talking about.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As John Muir put it so succinctly, "<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NOTHING DOLLARABLE IS SAFE!"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#575757'>Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>-------- Original message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>From: "Ossi, Damien (DOEE)" <<a href="mailto:damien.ossi@dc.gov">damien.ossi@dc.gov</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Date: 5/8/17 9:39 AM (GMT-05:00) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To: "MAIPC Listserve (<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Subject: [MAIPC] DIO ISAC suspended <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I just heard from John Peter Thompson (founding member and former president of MAIPC) that the work of the <a href="https://www.doi.gov/invasivespecies/about-isac">Invasive Species Advisory Committee</a> (and all other advisory committees in the Department of the Interior) has been suspended pending a review.<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'>For details and important links, follow JPT on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/invasivenotes?lang=en">@invasivenotes</a>.<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'> <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-size:10.0pt'>Damien P. Ossi</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:10.0pt'>Wildlife Biologist</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fisheries and Wildlife Division</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of Energy & Environment</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Government of the District of Columbia</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1200 First Street NE, 5th Floor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Washington, DC 20002</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Desk: (202) 741-0840</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Web: <a href="http://www.doee.dc.gov/">doee.dc.gov</a></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></div><p>#ThriveByFiveDC kicks off this month! Learn more about Mayor Bowser’s commitment to early childhood and visit the District’s first comprehensive child health and early learning website at <a href="https://thrivebyfive.dc.gov/">ThriveByFive.dc.gov.</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>