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.**