<div><div dir="auto">After treating very early in the spring and again early in the summer for a few years we have eradicated it in a small area in DC</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mark </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 7:14 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-1316587353384222845WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-hogweed-plant-causes-blindness-third-degree-burns-discovered-in-virginia-other-states/" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-hogweed-plant-causes-blindness-third-degree-burns-discovered-in-virginia-other-states/</a> <span style="color:#202022;background:white">The dangerous plant also grows in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.</span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How successful have our programs been in reducing the amount of giant hogweed? How well are we using our success data to help obtain support for our invasive species control programs? <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">MD Chapter Sierra Club Natural Places Chair. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. <br>(301) 442-5657 cell <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" title="blocked::mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#002060">ialm@erols.com</span></a><br>Natural and Historical Resources Division<br>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission<br><a href="http://www.pgparks.com/" title="blocked::http://www.pgparks.com/
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