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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello pollinator list
serve:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am a forester in
central <st1:State w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:State> planning a training
session for the WV Forest Stewardship Program that will take place on May 4,
2010 in the woods of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Calhoun
County</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WV</st1:State></st1:place>. The
program is being underwritten by the WV Division of
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">At this time most
facets of the forestry profession are unaware of the problems facing forest
pollinators and the various ways that loss of these insects is going to impact
and potentially limit the practice of sustainable
forestry.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I would like to find
out if there is a person out there that is connected enough to the
issue that they would be willing and interested in making a presentation at the
program. The session is being held in the field at Crummies Creek Tree
Farm near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arnoldsburg</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">WV</st1:State></st1:place> and is expected to draw
over 100 natural resource professionals.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Crummies Creek Tree
Farm has been the site of numerous training sessions over the past fifteen years
and it is the web portal for ecological forestry for Appalachian Hardwoods
for the Forest Guild.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Crummies Creek Tree
Farm has been leading the effort to stifle the spread of invasive plants in
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">West Virginia</st1:place></st1:State>
and it is one of the first places that the Bipolaris fungus was identified
killing Japanese stiltgrass.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For more information
about Crummies Creek Tree Farm please visit the Forest Guild web site at <A title=http://www.forestguild.org/ href="http://www.forestguild.org/">www.forestguild.org</A> or just google
Crummies Creek.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A title=http://www.forestguild.org/ecological_forestry/Stiltgrass_and_woodsroad_maintenance.pdf href="http://www.forestguild.org/ecological_forestry/Stiltgrass_and_woodsroad_maintenance.pdf">http://www.forestguild.org/ecological_forestry/Stiltgrass_and_woodsroad_maintenance.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Russ Richardson,
Certified Forester</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Arnoldsburg</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, <st1:State w:st="on">WV</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">25234</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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