BASIC STEPS | RESOURCES
The Center for Invasive Plant Management promotes the ecologically-based management of invasive plants in the West. Ecologically-based invasive plant management requires an understanding of the biology of the plants and ecology of the system while focusing on developing and maintaining desired plant communities.
The first step in weed management planning is to identify land management goals, desired plant communities, and weed management objectives. Here we list online resources for developing weed management plans to manage the weed species or weed populations that threaten your goals.
Basic Steps for Developing a Weed Management Plan
- Perform an inventory or survey if needed to find out what's there.
- Identify and prioritize weed species and/or weed population threats.
- Consult our Weed I.D. and Worst Weeds in the West pages to identify your weeds and learn about their biology.
- Understand the impacts of your weeds.
- See if they are on your state or province's noxious weed list.
- Assess your management options, including prevention, restoration/revegetation, and prescribed burning and other control strategies.
- Monitor your management actions and then evaluate your results to determine whether your weed management objectives are being achieved.
Resources for Developing a Weed Management Plan
Planning - Managing Invasive Plants: Concepts, Principles, and Practices
Developed by the Center for Invasive Plant Management for USFWS National Refuge System staff, this online learning module introduces federal directives on invasive species, elements and activities of invasive plant management, planning frameworks, general components of a plan, considerations for Refuge System planning, value of partnerships, and incorporating volunteer services in to invasive plant management.
Adaptive Weed Management Plan Template (The Nature Conservancy)
A three-part tool: (1) An introduction to the philosophy of adaptive management. (2) Weed Management Plan Template, including boiler-plate language to ease the planning process and help prioritize weeds. (3) Excel workbook to keep track of your work and costs.
Weed Information Management System (WIMS) (The Nature Conservancy)
WIMS keeps track of weed occurrences (GPS point locations), assessments (size and status of the weed infestation to facilitate monitoring over time), and management treatments applied to those weed infestations.
Creating an Integrated Weed Management Plan-A Handbook for Owners and Managers of Lands with Natural Values.
Volume IV in "Caring for the Land Series , from the Colorado Natural Areas Program. Provides the tools and information necessary for public and private landowners to manage noxious weeds successfully in natural areas, wildlands, and rangelands. Free downloads (pdf file) on the website.
The Ecological Site Information System (ESIS)
ESIS is the repository for the data associated with the collection of forestland and rangeland plot data and the development of ecological site descriptions. ESIS is organized into two applications and associated databases T:he Ecological Site Description (ESD) application provides the capability to produce automated ecological site descriptions from the data stored in its database. The Ecological Site Inventory (ESI) application provides the capability to enter, edit, and retrieve rangeland, forestry, and agroforestry plot data.
Invasive Exotic Plant Management Tutorial for Natural Lands Managers
A "one-stop-shop" for natural resource managers who are interested in organizing on-the-ground efforts to prevent, manage and control IEPs. From Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, Inc., and PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources.
NEPAnet
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing herbicide use.
Seven Steps to Managing Your Weeds:
A Guide to Integrated Management in British Columbia (pdf).
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