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ON THE MOVE. INVASIVE SPECIES -Coming to you -Highway vector -Partnerships. INVASIVE or NOXIOUS WEED?. INVASIVE PLANTS : Aggressive nonnatives NOXIOUS WEEDS are aggressive nonnatives that threaten: agriculture, environment, or human health. On County, State or Federal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ON THE MOVEINVASIVE SPECIES-Coming to you-Highway vector-Partnerships
INVASIVE or NOXIOUS WEED?INVASIVE PLANTS:Aggressive nonnatives
NOXIOUS WEEDS areaggressive nonnatives that threaten: agriculture, environment, orhuman health.On County, State or FederalRegulatory Lists.
Poison Ivy
$137,000,000,000*/yr.
ECONOMIC LOSS:Crop yield lossRange forage lossForest production lossTourism and recreation limitedCONTROL COST of public and private landsProperty values
ECOLOGICAL LOSS: UNKNOWN wildlife habitat increased wildfire losses biodiversity and endangered species
* Cornell University estimate, Pimentel, 1999.
The Lessons of Kudzu!
ON THE MOVEhighways only one of many vectors
ON THE MOVE, Yellow Sweet CloverMELILOTUS OFFICINALIS
ON THE MOVE, BuffelgrassPennisetum ciliare
ON THE MOVE, Sahara mustardBrassica tournefortii
ON THE MOVE, CogongrassImperata cylindrica
ON THE MOVE, Japanese stiltgrassMicrostegium vimineum
On the Move -Chinese Silver GrassMiscanthus sinensis
ON THE MOVE - Cutleaf TeaselDipsacus laciniatus
REMEMBER!
Invasive SpeciesDO NOTRESPECTPOLITICALBOUNDARIES!Canada Thistle
DOTs spread them accidentally!
And DOTs Planted Them!sweet cloveralfalfasmooth brometimothyperennial ryecrownvetch
AGRICULTURALInstead of ECOLOGICALSOLUTIONSHWY. MIX #5
NOT JUST A BUNCH of WEEDS !
Wildflower Mixes! in 1987
Native Wildflower Mixes, 90s
PRESERVE REMNANTS
WHAT DOTs CAN DO - BMPs
Certify GRAVEL PITS !
SPECIFY WEED-FREE:MULCH
SOIL
SOD
AVOID or RESTORE
Kudzu planted in 1940 on 3:1 slopesDONT PLANT THEM
WEED CONTROL: I R V M
APPLIED SCIENCE
Development of affordableWEED WASHING,on market 2012
EDDMapS
DISTRIBUTIONSTATE and COUNTYCURRENT
YOU CAN HELP!!!
CWMAs and more:
LOCALSTATEINTERSTATEINTERNATIONAL
BLM, ODOT, & Malheur County3,686,000 acres, 2000 centerline miles
DOT > truck +BLM > spray equipment +County > driver
PARTNERSHIP10 x coverage
GREATER YELLOWSTONE
Federal Agencies +State Agencies +Local Agencies + 11,000,000 acres PARTNERSHIP
ADIRONDACK PARK INVASIVE PLANT PARTNERSHIP
APIPP MOU 2001NYSDOT, in lead
ERADICATION HERE IS STILL POSSIBLE!!!
PARTNERSHIPS: Georgia 2008 Cogongrass, Imperata cylindrica
Fond du Lac Band of ChippewaMOU signed on May 15, 2009
Agreed to:
PRESERVE natural heritageUSE FL permit system.NOTIFY FL about spray dates/reportsMONITOR & REPORT earlyMAP invasives on ROWs.
AVOID DISTURBANCES!Ditch cleaningScalping turfCar crashesFiber opticsAND MORE>>>>>
WEEDS ACROSS BORDERS
OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASH DOT, and B.C.
ON THE MOVE, Garlic mustard
Public AWARENESS
ONLY IF PEOPLEUNDERSTANDWILL THEY SUPPORT THE CONTROL OF INVASIVE PLANTS!
*********************DOTs have many years lead time before a project gets underway. They can examine and certify their gravel sources (owned or contracted) in advance. States are beginning to legislate this requirement of DOTs. ********Here are examples of partnerships that cross traditional boundaries and work together.Invasive plants or noxious weeds do not respect these borders; so in our war on weeds we must cross them together also.**One of the first partnerships I found was in Oregon. A federal, State, and county agencycould not control all the weeds in the landscape. They sat down and through an informal agreement shared the equipment and driver who now cares for more than 3 million acres of land with one lime green truck! Together they cover 10 times the land that they did independently!!!**The Greater Yellowstone area fights the war on weeds on 11 million acres. This is another grand example of federal, State, and local agencies partnering to protect a national treasure from many weed invasions!**This partnership example is from the Northeastern United States. The New York State Department of Transportation was the lead in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)Signed in 2001 to protect the Adirondack Park. Once again federal, State, and localBoundaries were crossed by weed invasions, and each agency agreed to work together to fight back. In this park, some invasive plant populations are small enough to actually be eradicated. What an opportune partnership!!!*******Public awareness and support are key to everything we do. Here is an example from Wisconsin that explains to gardeners, hunters and fishers, etc. , what invasive plants mean to their experiences.**