<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
I am making some inquiries for you with three companies for similar needs at Patuxent Research Refuge. </div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
In addition to our own in-house resources, we use a couple of companies that do this work, but they tend to be large, many acres projects.</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
<div id="signature_bookmark"></div>
<div id="appendonsend"></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<br>
</div>
<hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Maryland Native Plant Society <info@mdflora.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 13, 2022 8:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Judy Fulton <jfulton5@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> MISC <INVASIVES@listserv.umd.edu>; MAIPC <maipc@lists.maipc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [MAIPC] Contractor Expert at Removing Invasive Plants</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<p> </p>
<div>
<table border="2" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" style="border-color:black; background-color:yellow; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p style="text-align:center"><strong> This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. </strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p><br>
<br>
</p>
<div>
<div dir="auto">
<div>By coincidence, I was going to ask a similar question about invasive removal contractors for forested areas in Calvert County. Russian olive and kudzu the main targets. </div>
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Karyn Molines </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="x_gmail_quote" dir="auto">
<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 6:47 PM Judy Fulton <<a href="mailto:jfulton5@gmail.com" data-auth="NotApplicable">jfulton5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="x_gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I am looking for good contractors who focus on removing invasive plants and are willing to do work on a severely overgrown residential property in Chevy Chase (Montgomery County), Maryland. The work would be performed
this fall (invasive vines, young trees, shrubs, some herbaceous plants) and late winter (lesser celandine/Ficaria verna). Ideally, some native woody and herbaceous plants buried under the mess can be saved, but that might not be possible.<br>
<br>
The homeowners already plan to get a quote from Invasive Plant Control (IPC), but want to choose among two to three proposals. The couple isn't interested in regular l</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">andscapers
that happen to do some invasive plant removal.<br>
</font><br>
Can you please recommend some contractors? <br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Judy</font><br>
</p>
<div>____________________________________________<br>
<br>
Judith P. Fulton<br>
EcoPlant Consulting: Native and Invasive Plants<br>
Board, Maryland Native Plant Society<br>
Board, Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council<br>
Chair, Maryland Invasive Species Council's Committee on Invasives Lists<br>
Voice: 410-337-3701, Text: 410-404-8201<br>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
MAIPC mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" data-auth="NotApplicable">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br>
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.maipc.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fmaipc-maipc.org&data=05%7C01%7Csandy_spencer%40fws.gov%7Cc07e50a752ac4d2f8c7708da64c9a745%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637933114509887615%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=e4YDNhjeOB2EeWVLwX3pz7xjuXATobtB6erjIZIm294%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" shash="xapTPn3s9AZiD+QqN6O73Kx6y7894H4SRUJNDAR7uiLLPakyFmNQ8NLZ/q3m6Z3/Vf9xtdfIZzJMhYX1I7NaSn5dHC69KlGNZjnlymDRK88EMyOPGBX9RD56fh0R92wyN/6oiGZdTXNaaJkD+sn8r3X35IJC7CrESXzBV/2GH0k=">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>