Invasive Plant Advisory Committee to Meet July 10

ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 28, 2012) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Invasive Plants Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 10, at 9:30 a.m. at MDA headquarters, 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis. The committee will clarify how it will recommend using an USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) weed risk assessment protocol and additional factors for developing lists of invasive plants in Maryland. The committee will also discuss other regulations that need to be developed in 2012 in accordance with the Invasive Plant Law passed by the Maryland legislature in 2011.