Posts Tagged: noxious weeds

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands Workshop Series

Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands 11/9/2016 • Woodland, CA 11/16/2016 • Salinas, CA 11/17/2016 • Fresno, CA 12/13/2016 • Eureka, CA 12/14/2016 • Susanville, CA http://www.knockoutweeds.com/ The direct annual cost to monitor and control invasive plants in...

Sierra Valley Noxious Weed Tour: Pondering Soil Seed Life

Recently I was a participant on an educational noxious weed tour in Sierra Valley. It is a beautiful mountain valley where most agricultural production is devoted to grazing and hay production. The tour was set up by the Plumas Weeds group, to show land managers and ranchers various noxious weeds...

The importance of early response to invasive weeds (WSSA Press Release)

A repost and link today to a recent Weed Science Society of America press release entitled: "WSSA Scientists Stress the Importance of Early Response to Invasive Weeds"  Click the link to go to the full article. I'll also give kudos to the WSSA web team on the brand new...

Navigating the “noxious” and “invasive” regulatory landscape: suggestions for improved regulation

In the United States, only species listed on state or federal noxious weed lists are regulated. According to our analysis, these regulatory lists poorly represent invasive plants in unmanaged (i.e., nonagricultural) systems. To improve the representation of invasive plants on state regulatory...

Collaborative Weed Control

Collaboration between Partners May Be an Effective Way to Fund Wildland Weed Control Projects Many funding sources for weed eradication have been reduced or completely eliminated.  According to the California Assembly Budget Committee's annual Preliminary Review of the Governor's Proposed 2012-13...

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