<div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">There is some important invasive species legislation pending during the short Virginia legislative session. See summary below and link to the full resolution language. </span><br></b></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><b>Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species work group; report.</b> Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation, jointly with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to establish a work group to study the sale and use of invasive plant species. The resolution requests that the departments work with several state agencies, conservation nonprofits, and plant industry and agriculture groups to develop recommendations regarding statutory and regulatory changes intended to reduce or eliminate the sale and use of invasive plant species in the Commonwealth and promote the sale and use of native plants.<br></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HJ527">Virginia House Joint Resolution 527</a></span><br></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Please contact your Virginia legislators and ask them for their support of the resolution. </b></span></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><font face="georgia, serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Read the </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/blueridgeprism/action-alert-invasive-plants-study-legislation">Blue Ridge PRISM Action Alert</a> for more information.</span></font></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Thank you,<br>Beth Mizell </b></span><br></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">_______________________________________</span><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal">Elizabeth Anne Mizell</span><span style="font-style:normal;white-space:pre">              </span></font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">Program Director | Blue Ridge PRISM</font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><a href="mailto:beth@blueridgeprism.org" target="_blank">beth@blueridgeprism.org</a> </span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-tran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