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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#523182">INVASIVE SPECIES</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006647"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006647"><a href="https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2018/10/04/elevation-and-invasion/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">Non-Native Plants Move to Higher
Ground as Climate Warms</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#0448D9">study</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">confirming that non-native species concentrate in lower elevation regions, where people tend to spread invasive species as they live,
travel, work, and farm. As the climate warms, some non-native species will move to higher elevations, while native plants at the highest elevations will have nowhere else to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Donna Marie Foster
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Landscape Architect<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Forest Service
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#28742E">Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">p: 304-285-1547
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c: 304-276-8989 <br>
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