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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am happy to report that the agenda for this year’s Illinois Invasive Species Symposium has been finalized! We have a great line up of presenters this year that will cover a broad variety of invasive-species related topics. As always,
the symposium is open to everyone and free to attend. This year we’ve added an option for attendees to order lunch when they register.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Illinois Invasive Species Symposium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year’s symposium will feature of keynote presentation on “Invasive Plants Across Illinois: Status and Trends from a Statewide Monitoring Program” by INHS biologists James Ellis, Tim Rye, and David Zaya. Other presentations will be
given on a variety of invasive species topics, including emerald ash borer deregulation, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan’s Invasive Species Campaign, jumping worms, aerial control of bush honeysuckle, prescribed fire and Japanese stiltgrass, thousand cankers
disease, Oriental bittersweet control, Forest health monitoring, and more.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, May 26, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9:30am-4:00pm (Registration starts at 9:00am)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois Extension Office, 801 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, IL 61821 (217-333-7672)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for these informative talks, a chance to network with colleagues, and an opportunity to honor the 2016 ISAM award recipients. This symposium is open to the public.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration can be found here - <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__web.extension.illinois.edu_registration_-3FRegistrationID-3D14417&d=CwMFAg&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=i1Ddhi1zgu91yhNvYr7PZnS0DGZDm1waoT8k3PsVA-4&m=V30pDYEofpeLpFQ8hL2rmfSjez6JMUDW9uRvEm1j2zM&s=36c-NpB34f01OWg3HdISVkR8Or0KiyaJXuj0_6F7W2Y&e=">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christopher Evans<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forestry Extension and Research Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois Extension Forestry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">354 State Highway 145N<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simpson, IL 62985-9614<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O: (618) 695-3383<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C: (618) 364-7261<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:cwevans@illinois.edu">cwevans@illinois.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">University of Illinois Extension, Unit 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Champaign, IL 61821<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><a href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/eb310/"><span style="color:blue">The Garden Scoop Blog</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:blue">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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