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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The carefully worded message of two for the price of one should include update on biocontrol, mechanical, and herbicidal control of Ailanthus ,Tree of Heaven, to control spotted lanternfly and protect both forests and agriculture. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division The Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:756.8pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=468 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:351.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Commission</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=21 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=525 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:394.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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'> Ruth Douglas [mailto:cvilleruth@embarqmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 22, 2018 11:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Marc Imlay' <ialm@erols.com>; maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [MAIPC] FW: [INVASIVES] spotted lanternfly<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I, for one, would like to see a carefully worded message that those of us who are in contact with groups such as (in Virginia, at least) Master Naturalists, The Virginia Native Plant Society, and also the Blue Ridge PRISM, so that I don’t miss an important point in a message.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ruth Douglas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Charlottesville, VA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></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"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</span></a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:rodswalker@aol.com"><span style='color:blue'>rodswalker@aol.com</span></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 20, 2018 9:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org"><span style='color:blue'>maipc@lists.maipc.org</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 75, Issue 4</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>How strong is the connection between this bug and Ailanthus? If we wiped out Ailanthus across a whole county, would there be no lanternfly there? What part of the Ailanthus does it use?</span></b><o:p></o:p></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 [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marc Imlay<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 22, 2018 8:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] FW: [INVASIVES] spotted lanternfly<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;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:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Don Callihan [<a href="mailto:don_ihan@hotmail.com">mailto:don_ihan@hotmail.com</a>] <br>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 8:27 AM<br>To: Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:invasives@listserv.umd.edu">invasives@listserv.umd.edu</a><br>Subject: Re: [INVASIVES] spotted lanternfly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div id=compose-container><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>While waiting for federal, state, and local agency responses, this could be an opportunity to mobilize citizen science to detect and help us contain the infestation. Take advantage of the relative ease of recognition of both the pest and Ailanthus at all stages. Engage school science teachers at all levels in teaching recognition and reporting. Engage garden clubs, friends of parks groups, churches, neighborhood associations, and civic organizations, as well as landscapers and nursery employees, in getting the word out. We need as many eyeballs as possible looking for this pest and keeping it contained. Treat it as a regional issue and coordinate among mid-Atlantic states, not just as Pennsylvania’s problem. Can MAIPC take the lead for such an effort? Will require a concerted and well-coordinated effort on the part of the many institutional silos among us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This is a real and urgent opportunity to educate the public about the importance of control of NNIs in protecting our forests and agricultural assets.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Where can we start?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Don Callihan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>410-961-8132<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:don_ihan@hotmail.com">don_ihan@hotmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent from my iPad.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Maryland Invasive Species Council <<a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>> on behalf of Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@EROLS.COM">ialm@EROLS.COM</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:38:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [INVASIVES] spotted lanternfly</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Three ways to eradicate spotted lanternfly have just been discussed on the MAIPC list serve. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;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-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division The Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:756.8pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=468 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:351.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Commission</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=21 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:11.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=525 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:394.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Two for the price of one. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></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"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</span></a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:rodswalker@aol.com"><span style='color:blue'>rodswalker@aol.com</span></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 20, 2018 9:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org"><span style='color:blue'>maipc@lists.maipc.org</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 75, Issue 4</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>How strong is the connection between this bug and Ailanthus? If we wiped out Ailanthus across a whole county, would there be no lanternfly there? What part of the Ailanthus does it use?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>2.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The solution may still be EDRR , Early Detection, Rapid Response. The barrier is NIMBY; it is Not In My Back Yard. People take action when they can feel it. As Kerrie said, what good is early detection without rapid response, with WLBG a decade ago. This barrier has been met before but only with a strong enough effort. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> A biological control approach suggested by Tom Gardner. If we go to where the Eastern North American relatives to this insect occur we may find that what is controlling the native relative as a native candidate to control the non-native spotted lanternfly. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><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">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Gardner<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 20, 2018 6:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] spotted lanternfly</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.35pt'>Thoughts on this article? My two questions are if there are Eastern North American relatives to this insect and what is the specific location where it was introduced?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.35pt'>Editorial: A strong argument for help fighting lanternfly</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:24.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday January 15, 2018 12:01 AM Reading Eagle, Reading, Berks County, PA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Berks County Commissioner Christian Y. Leinbach must have taken a panel of U.S. and state lawmakers aback with his strongly worded warning about the need for swift action to eradicate the spotted lanternfly. The chairman of the commissioners delivered his plea for federal funding in appropriately stark terms during an appearance before a legislative forum at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"We need an immediate response. If we don't get these resources to us before the spring hatch in two months, it may be too late," Leinbach said. "The spotted lanternfly will wipe out the grape industry, could wipe out hardwood, and is impacting orchards."</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"This is apocalyptic from an economic and environmental standpoint," he added. "We have heard from grape growers and orchard owners: One more year of this, and they are out of business."</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Those of us who have witnessed the rapid spread of the pest over the past few years know that the commissioner is hardly exaggerating. For a while it was largely limited to a relatively small, rural section of eastern Berks County. But in 2017 the pest was spotted in large numbers in much of the region.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The spotted lanternfly is native to Asia but came to North America in a shipment to Berks County, where it was first spotted in 2014. The pest, which destroys grape vineyards and hardwoods and has been seen in apple orchards, has spread to 13 southeast Pennsylvania counties.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Leinbach needed to make a strong case because of the uphill climb he's facing. He is requesting $40 million in federal funding. Getting any money from Washington or Harrisburg is difficult right now. Getting it in a matter of weeks is even more challenging.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If he accomplished nothing more than putting this issue on state and national lawmakers' radar, it will have been worth the trip to Harrisburg, though we do urge officials to find funding right away to combat the pest and research ways to eradicate it.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Right now the problem is largely unknown outside this region. Leinbach is making a persuasive argument that it won't be long before it spreads to other states unless something is done swiftly. Each year the number of lanternflies grows, more eggs are laid, and the numbers keep multiplying. Leinbach said the number of lanternflies is approaching 1 trillion.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"If we are not successful," the commissioner argued, "not only will Pennsylvania face quarantines, the United States could face quarantines because Canada, South America, Mexico and Europe are watching it."</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Leinbach told the panel the plan is to prepare 40,000 trap trees in the spring. A notch would be cut around certain trees to seep sap and attract the insects. The trap trees would be treated with pesticide. Money is needed to execute this plan.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>But we should not be leaving the response to this problem to government alone. Landowners need to destroy the ailanthus tree, also known as the tree of heaven. The spotted lanternfly feeds on it before reproducing. And people in areas that haven't seen the pest in the past should report lanternfly sightings to state agriculture officials.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=ydp36f90e82msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This is the year to get a handle on this program. That means a strong effort by all levels of government in cooperation with residents in affected areas. Leinbach's appearance in Harrisburg should push things in that direction.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><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=58 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2Fsig-email%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Demailclient%26utm_term%3Dicon&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cee20dca9ec09435f899108d56138fc3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636521819727708116&sdata=DY24HcKaNhj604lJEL1zEOfjo%2FCzTyrQ0UO8JOQCaJY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=47 height=29 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=473 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2Fsig-email%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Demailclient%26utm_term%3Dlink&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cee20dca9ec09435f899108d56138fc3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636521819727864369&sdata=WvDlpu8qTzE2lNrHbkXSnGGQhso3PYmrcIp3i2P2MdQ%3D&reserved=0" 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></div></div></div></body></html>