<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 30px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(40,45,50);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif";font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Blue Ridge PRISM’s 2023 Winter Meeting</span></p><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">"Winter Activities for Invasive Plant Control"</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Wednesday, January 11, 2023</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">11:30 am – 1:00 pm</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">(via Zoom)</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">We hope you can join us for this free interactive webinar where you will learn about safe and effective winter control methods and find out which plants can be treated now or should be left alone for later. Rod Walker, Blue Ridge PRISM President, will provide a short update of recent PRISM activities and will then be followed by a question and answer session with our expert panel focusing on how to control invasive plants during the winter. Submit your questions beforehand (during registration) or ask them live.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Panel Members:</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5rem;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-size:16px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">Laura Greenleaf </span>-<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"> </span>Invasive Plant Management Coordinator, James River Park System</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5rem;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-size:16px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">Nicola McGoff </span>- Director, Wild Ginger Field Services</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5rem;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-size:16px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">Nicole Shuman</span> - Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent, Virginia Cooperative Extension</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.5rem;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-size:16px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Register here:  </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/479673485307">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/479673485307</a></span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Rowena Zimmermann</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Director of Communications & Outreach</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Blue Ridge PRISM </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="mailto:rowena@blueridgeprism.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">rowena@blueridgeprism.org</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://blueridgeprism.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Blue Ridge PRISM</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">is a partnership for regional invasive species management in Virginia<font face="arial, sans-serif">.</font></span></div></div></div></div>