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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle">If you live or work in Pennsylvania – please consider responding to (and sharing) the following survey. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle">-Norris Muth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Pennsylvania Governor's Invasive Species Council is conducting the first statewide <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/36779D6"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">Invasive Species Impacts Survey, Oct.
25 – Nov. 18</span></b></a>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We're reaching out to governments, farms, businesses, organizations, and individuals to compile impacts from invasive plants, insects, animals, and pathogens on land and in waterways. We also want to understand
current sources of funding for management (or the lack thereof) and establish support for a permanent statewide regional framework (<a href="https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/GISC/Pages/Proposed-Partnerships-for-Regional-Invasive-Species-Management-in-Pennsylvania.aspx"><span style="color:#0563C1">PRISM</span></a>)
to manage invasive species. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/36779D6"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">Please take a few minutes to share your experiences</span></b></a><b>.</b> How are nonnative invasive species affecting your
budget, operations, resources, or activities? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">And please share the survey </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">through your newsletter, blast email lists, social media, and other channels. It's important to compile as much information as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you for participating!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#15397F">Kristopher Abell | Governor’s Invasive Species Council Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#15397F">PA Department of Agriculture | Bureau of Plant Industry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#15397F">2301 N Cameron Street | Harrisburg, PA 17110<span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#15397F"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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