[BSW] Native plants license plate

[Kathy Bilton]

This is sent on behalf of some folks who are hoping to convince the 
state of Maryland to offer a native plants license plate:


This Thursday our legislature in Annapolis will be considering a proposal for a 
native plant license plate.  The aims and goals of this plate are the 
preservation, protection, promotion, and propagation of our native plants. 
Also included in this is the hope that we can then support the goals of our 
other two plates, the Bay and the Farms.  We would be the connecting link for 
the three of us.  For whatever reason there is a group that thinks this is not 
necessary, our native plants are doing just fine.  They don't need preserving, 
protecting or propagating much less promoting.

Our question is this, in the past ten years to date have any of our botany 
group individuals noticed a decline in native plants in general OR in specific 
natives when walking favorite trails, visiting some of our favorite parks and 
locales.  Native plants that were there several years ago but are no longer. 
Native plants that were once present in abundance and now have dwindled to very 
small numbers.  Our natives would include perennials, shrubs, trees, grasses.

An email with your response would be very much appreciated. It needn't be more 
than a few lines (of outrage) but a quick response is needed by this Wednesday 
as the hearing is Thursday.

You may email me at tilycog at comcast.net or forward directly to Sara Tangren at 
stangren at umd.edu.

Thank you, one and all, for any assistance you can offer.

Corliss Glennon
410-531-2035

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Some relevant URLs:

https://extension.umd.edu/news/news-alert-hb1102-celebrating-maryland-native-plants-pollinators-license-plate-proposed

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=hb1102&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS

http://extension.umd.edu/hgic/hg1102-celebrating-maryland-native-plants-pollinators-license-plate