<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>In Maryland a company or organization has to carry the liability insurance. Also the business needs to be licensed.<div>There is an effort in the Maryland state legislature to put a statewide ban on glyphosate. That will hinder invasive species control.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Carol Jelich" <carol.jelich@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Tim Maywalt" <temaywalt@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b>"MAIPC Listserve" <maipc@lists.maipc.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 8, 2021 6:46:49 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide<br><br>We were told the same in Maryland, eastern shore counties, as individuals not employed by landscapers, etc., could not register. <br><br>On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, Tim Maywalt <<a href="mailto:temaywalt@gmail.com" target="_blank">temaywalt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">It's very hard to get registered in Virginia. If you aren't with a government entity or university, farm, landscape firm, etc. - just on your own - it's nearly impossible.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:13 PM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.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 lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BTW my volunteers have not found it too hard to get registered.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Marc<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 08, 2021 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>>; John Nystedt <<a href="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" target="_blank">johnericn@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">-- <br>Heidi<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">On June 8, 2021 at 12:18:01 PM, John Nystedt (<a href="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" target="_blank">johnericn@hotmail.com</a>) wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;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> </span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Marc Imlay</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Retired park ranger with MNCPPC in Prince Georges County</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div>
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