Field of Spurge @ Randy Teague
WEEDS COMMITTEE
A Holistic Approach to Controlling Undesirable, Invasive, Noxious WeedsA key issue affecting the Blackfoot is the spread of noxious weeds. Species like spotted knapweed, leafy spurge, yellow and Dalmation toadflax, houndstongue, sulfur cinquefoil and orange and meadow hawkweed post a threat to landowners working to maintain native range and grasslands. A strong private-public partnership has evolved since the 1980s to cooperate on integrated weed management across the watershed, linked by twelve landowner-led Vegetation Management Areas (VMA), three county weed districts, and federal and state public agencies.
Weeds Committee
Jim Stone, Chair
Karen Laitala, Coordinator
Management Across Fence Lines
• 12 - Cooperative Vegetation Management Areas encompassing 474,727 acres
• 380 - Private landowners engaged in integrated weed management
• 100 - Host-specific insect releases for biological control
• 15,000 - Acres of multi-species grazing on spotted knapweed
• 50 – Partners at Annual Weed Meeting
• 1 – Weed Management Report
Jim Stone, Chair
Karen Laitala, Coordinator
Management Across Fence Lines
• 12 - Cooperative Vegetation Management Areas encompassing 474,727 acres
• 380 - Private landowners engaged in integrated weed management
• 100 - Host-specific insect releases for biological control
• 15,000 - Acres of multi-species grazing on spotted knapweed
• 50 – Partners at Annual Weed Meeting
• 1 – Weed Management Report