<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Apologies, I was referring to the Atlantic article that Faith Campbell forwarded to me in her email below my message.  I added the link to the Maryland Invasive Species Council Invader of the Month article on Asian jumping worms published last November.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jil</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 2:28 PM Jil Swearingen <<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com">jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is a great, albeit very depressing, article in the Atlantic. <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/nov-2019/" target="_blank">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/nov-2019/</a>   </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Perhaps research into biological control for earthworms needs to be made a high priority? We might want to start checking for earthworms on our bio-survey jaunts to record the occurrence of these exotic species and take more care when moving from site to site to avoid spreading them to uninfested areas. Sigh....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jil</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">.............................</font></div><div><div>Jil Swearingen</div><div>Invasive Species Consultant</div><div><i>In the Weeds</i></div><div>410-200-7085</div></div><div><span style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"><a href="https://in-the-weeds.com/" target="_blank">https://in-the-weeds.com/</a></span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Faith Cambell</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:00000004dd498591-dmarc-request@lists.nationalwildlife.org" target="_blank">00000004dd498591-dmarc-request@lists.nationalwildlife.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:57 AM<br>Subject: correction to the link to the Atlantic story about invasive worms<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:NECIS@lists.nationalwildlife.org" target="_blank">NECIS@lists.nationalwildlife.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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