NOXIOUS WEED IMPACTS WEED IDENTIFICATION

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1 NOXIOUS WEED IMPACTS What's So Dangerous About the Impacts of Noxious Weeds on the Ecology and Economy of Montana? (being updated for a regional audience) R.L. Sheley et al Montana State University Extension Bulletin 152 Why Should I Care about Noxious Weeds? Restoring native wildlife habitat for today and tomorrow. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Noxious Weed Subcommittee Growing Pains. Facts about Weed Invasions in the Western United States. US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land WEED IDENTIFICATION Identification is Key to Zero Spread weed management. US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Montana Department of Agriculture, and Montana State University Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign Early Detection Rapid Response Cards Yellow Starthistle - Leafy Spurge - Dalmatian Toadflax - Spotted Knapweed. A weed you should get to know. Center for Invasive Plant Weed Pocket Guide Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Protect our water resources with Zero Spread aquatics management US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and Montana Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign (POSTER) Not All Alien Invaders Are From Outer Space. Somewhere out there, in a remote part of the world, a creature awaits... The Unknown Invader Scaryus eatumpis US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Program Aid 1665 Pretty faces... bad attitudes Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Eurasian watermilfoil An Aggressive Non-Native Water Weed. S.O.S. Save our Shores Western Area Weed Council Pulling Together; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; US Army Corps of Engineers

2 WEED ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Montana State University Extension Service Bulletins - Call Dalmatian and Yellow Toadflax Weeds of Pasture and Rangeland EB 115 Revised 10/05 Sulfur Cinquefoil Biology, Ecolory and in Pasture and Rangeland EB 109 Revised March 1994 Montana Knapweeds: Identification, Biology and Circular 311 Reprinted August 2003 Leafy Spurge Biology, Ecology and EB 134 Reprinted July 1999 Purple Loosestrife A Noxious Weed Threat to Wetlands in Montana EB 70 Updated January 2005 Rush Skeletonweed A Threat to Montana s Agriculture EB 132 Reprinted November 2000 Riparian Weed EB 137 Updated January 2005 US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) of Yellow Toadflax [Linaria vulgaris (L.) Mill.] of Dalmatian Toadflax [Euphorbia esula (L.) Mill.] \ of Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) of Dyer s Woad (Isatis tinctoria L.) of Canada Thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] of Houndstongue [Cynoglossum officinale L.) of Russian Knapweed [Acroptilon repens (L.) DC] of Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) of Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium L.)

3 LANDSCAPES AND HABITAT TEN EDUCATIONAL PLACEMATS Native Plants documented by Lewis and Clark two hundred years ago and the noxious weeds we may find at the same locations today. Campaign Lewis and Clark landed at the three forks of the Missouri -- the headwaters on July 27, Lewis and Clark travel down the trail near Traveler s rest near Missoula in July 26, William Clark carved his name alongside Indian designs at Pompey s Pillar. Lewis and Clark reached the Gates of the Mountains in July Lewis and Clark sighted by the Assiniboine Indians - May 26, 1805 where what is now the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Re-discover nature at Rainbow Falls - June 14, 1805 Lewis stopped briefly at Rainbow Falls of the Missouri.

4 LANDSCAPES AND HABITAT TWO POSTERS: Lewis and Clark at the Tower Creek Pirimids Idaho artist Barbara Peets portrays Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Interpreter George Droulliard as they came upon the Tower Creek Pirimids on August 21, The Corps of Discovery camped about a mile north of the pyramids that evening. An Exotic Invasion of Elk Country. WEEDS Thousands of exotic plants now grow in the United States. Most add spice to life. Some are a bit annoying. A few are nothing short of ecological time bombs. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Enduring Stories Dynamic Landscapes The Lewis and Clark Expedition on National Forest and Grasslands US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Lewis and Clark at the Gates of the Rocky Mountains Havre Artist Don Greytak captures the most remarkable clifts where according to the journals every object here wears a dark and gloomy aspect. PREVENTION Leave No Weeds A conservation and education campaign based on the Leave No Trace principles. Lolo National Forest recreation/weeds.inw.html Noxious Weeds A Growing Concern. You Can Help Stop Their Spread. US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Horse Sense Packing Lightly on Your National Forests US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Hikers Alert US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land ducation/education.h tml On the Right Trail. An Ethical Guide for OHV Riders. Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; US Department of Agriculture Forest Service; National Off Highway Vehicle Conservation Council US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land

5 MANAGING WEED SPREAD National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Conservation that works. An introduction to The Nature Conservancy s work with fire around the world. The Nature Conservancy May 2005 nature.org/fire The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. US Geological Survey and California Invasive Plant Council Flash Cards - Biological Control Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign and US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection Quarantine Restoration Resource Database Center for Invasive Plant A Landowner s Guide to Noxious Weeds. Silent Invaders in the Greater Yellowstone Area Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee R TIPS for Fighting Weeds on Small Acreages in Montana. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Montana Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana Department of Agriculture; Dow AgroSciences; BASF; and Montana Weed Districts Revegetation Guidelines for Western Montana: Considering Invasive Weeds Montana State University Extension Service

6 CURRICULUM Adding Invasive Species Science to Math, Art, History, Science, and English by Todd Breitenfeldt on CD Alien Invasion Plants on the Move website and on CD Oregon Department of Agriculture and US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Woodsy Owl Invasive Weeds Activity Kit Townsend Schools Bugs and Weeds weedinvasion.org US Department of Agriculture Forest Service bugsandweeds.org Center for Invasive Plant Matrix for Youth Activities Curriculum K National Invasive Species Information Center - Invasive Species What s New K-12 Resources Archives COMING SOON! Montana knoweeds K-12 Curriculum Contact issoula County Weed District Invasive Species Education Models Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign MSU LRES PO Box Bozeman, MT