Noxious Weeds - Wallowa Canyonlands Partnership
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Noxious weeds are wreaking havoc across the west, taking over native habitats, displacing native species, impacting wildlife, ruining soil conditions and reducing grazing potential. The Wallowa Canyonlands Partnership (WCP) protects the ecological and economic values of Hells Canyon along the Imnaha, Lower Grande Ronde and part of the Snake Rivers from invasion and degradation by noxious weeds using Integrated Weed Management methods. WCP coordinates high priority weed treatment and restoration across jurisdictional boundaries on public and private lands in the area.
The WCP area is primarily canyon country with steep and rugged terrain. Natural and human-caused factors put the area at high risk for invasion by non-native plant species. This Program focuses primarily on the river corridors because the rivers themselves are significant vectors of weed seed transportation. Floods bring weeds downriver and create a seed bed, thus spreading weeds throughout the watershed. Preventing noxious weeds from taking hold in riparian areas is a high priority.
The Wallowa Canyonland Partnership program treats over 1,500 acres of weeds per year and manages many biological control, early detection, assessment, education, prevention and restoration projects. The WCP puts local contractors to work, contributing an average of $100,000 per year into the local economy. The real success of the program is having neighbors come together to treat noxious weeds across their property lines, so that everyone benefits.
Many partners are working together to control the weed invasion in Wallowa County, including:
• Wallowa Resources
• Private landowners
• Wallowa County
• Bureau of Land Management
• United States Forest Service
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• The Nature Conservancy
These partners work closely with the Wallowa County Weed Board, the primary weed control planning body in the County. The Weed Board has developed an Integrated Weed Management Plan with goals and priorities for noxious weed control.
Click here to find out more about how Wallowa Canyonlands Partnership controls noxious weeds.
You can help:
Spot weeds?... Report them!
Help control our noxious weed invasion by learning to identify weeds and reporting weed sites. For more information about weed control or to report a weed sighting, please contact your local weed managers:
Contacts
Wallowa Resources: Mark Porter………………………(541) 426-8053 ext. 23
email: mark@wallowaresources.org
Wallowa Resources: Sarah Ketchum………………………(541) 426-8053 ext. 26
email: sarah@wallowaresources.org
Wallowa County Weed Control: Allen Schetzky………………(541) 426-3332
email: wcweeds@co.wallowa.or.us
Wallowa County Extension Service: John Williams………(541) 426-3143
email: john.williams.1@oregonstate.edu
Wallowa Whitman National Forest: Leigh Dawson…………(541) 426-5535
email: lddawson@fs.fed.us
Learn more! Links to other weed sites:
National Invasive Species Information Center
U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Non-native Invasive Plants
http://Weed Science Society of America
The Nature Conservancy's Global Invasive Species Team
University of Montana Invaders Database System
Weedmapper
Oregon Department of Agriculture Weed Control
North American Weed Management Association
Wallowa County Certified Weed Free Hay