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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>BTW my volunteers have not found it too hard to get registered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MAIPC <maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 08, 2021 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve <maipc@lists.maipc.org>; John Nystedt <johnericn@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thank you for all of the great info people have sent. I am going to get back to our small committee and I may reach out to some people via their private emails. This is a great group and I truly appreciate all of the advice you have given. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thank you!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>-- <br>Heidi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=airmailon><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>On June 8, 2021 at 12:18:01 PM, John Nystedt (<a href="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com">johnericn@hotmail.com</a>) wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>When I have been a leader for invasive plant control for about 10 organizations in the last 20 years, we typically have about 5-10% of the volunteers first become pesticide application registered by the State of Maryland. This has worked well. For example, a few other volunteers may cut the stumps of oriental bittersweet vines and the registered volunteer would follow up with applying herbicide to the cut stump in a few minutes.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Marc Imlay</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Retired park ranger with MNCPPC in Prince Georges County</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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