The MRWC began the development of the Missouri River Watershed Coalition Saltcedar Management Plan (PDF) in 2006, and completed the plan and began its implementation in 2007. This plan outlines the broad strategy of the Coalition, organizes project surveys and treatment, and compiles necessary information to best use the states’ limited collective resources. The overall goal of this plan is to protect and improve agriculture, ranching/grazing, recreation, aesthetics, water systems, and wildlife habitats, by minimizing the effects of saltcedar and other noxious and invasive species within the six-state area.
The MRWC focused almost exclusively on saltcedar in its early years. In 2008, the MRWC began to broaden its program focus to include more than just saltcedar and Russian olive. Other newly-arrived invasive plants (in particular, aquatic invasive plants) are also of major concern in the Watershed and therefore have been added to the Coalition’s management strategy. The 2007 Saltcedar Management Plan will be used as a model for future plans that target other invasive species that threaten the Watershed. The MRWC believes that managers need to approach all noxious weeds as a whole and not one at a time.
September 2010
- EDDMapS: Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System (PDF)
Chuck Bargeron, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
- MRWC presentation to Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council (PDF)
Liz Galli-Noble, CIPM
- MRWC presentation to WWCC (PDF)
Andrew Canham, MRWC President
- EDDMaps_MRWC (PDF)
Erik Lehnhoff, CIPM
- Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System (PDF)
Chuck Bargeron, Bugwood—University of Georgia - Early Detection and Rapid Response Systems (PDF)
Erik Lehnhoff, CIPM - MVM EDRR System (PDF)
Andrew Canham, MRWC President & Kelly Sharp, MidDakota Vegetation Management - Saltcedar Biocontrol (PDF)
Bruce Shambaugh, USDA-APHIS-PPQ - Reclaiming Grasslands (PDF)
Sharon Clay, South Dakota State University
- MRWC presentation to MRNRC (PDF)
Liz Galli-Noble for Slade Franklin