Weed Management Plan Template (For use with Planning and Zoning) 1. Aerial photograph of property and vicinity map • Can get off of Google earth. You are here: » » » » » Integrated weed management Integrated weed management (IWM) is the control of weeds through a long-term management approach, using several weed management techniques such as: • • • • Advantages By using several techniques to control weeds you reduce the chance that weed species will adapt to the control techniques, which is likely if only one technique is used. For example, if a herbicide is used over a long period of time, a weed species can build up a resistance to the chemical. A long-term integrated weed management plan, that considers all available management control techniques or tools to control weeds, can be developed for a particular area. Any integrated weed management plan or strategy should focus on the most economical and effective control of the weeds and include ecological considerations. The long term approach to integrated weed management should reduce the extent of weeds and reduce the weed seed stock in the soil. It should consider how to achieve this goal without degrading the desirable qualities of the land, such as its native ecology or agricultural crops. Weed-managment-plan-how-to How To Write A Weed Management Plan “A plant that interferes with management objectives for a given point in time,” the dictionary definition of a noxious weed. (1) More commonly defined as “a plant growing where you do not want it to.” (2) This is a user friendly, easy to understand paper on how to write a weed management plan for your land. Whether or not you realize it, every rural landowner in Montana needs a management plan. (2) Weeds are a large problem in today's world. (3) The problem is estimated to be expanding at the rate of 4,600 acres a day, and is parallel to a “wildfire.” (3) Before you sit down to write your weed management plan for your property, you need to make sketches of your land, and take a few notes about your property. Once you've finished that, you need to establish goals. Ask yourself questions such as what can my land support? What do I really want to accomplish? Livestock grazing? Wildlife habitat? Good water quality? And, many other questions similar to these. (2) Now that you've established your goals, you need to develop a management plan for accomplishing them. Do not forget, even if you like the way things are, you are going to need to make a plan for keeping things that way. (2) You need to “get to know your weeds” so to speak, before they cause water pollution, lessen the productivity of your land and pasture, kill forage for livestock and wildlife, and SPREAD! (2,3) A long term weed management plan is ideally 5-7 years long, and should be developed with a short term plan, usually lasting 1-3 years. (4) The long term plan is a set of over all goals for the property. (4) The short term tells how the objectives of the long term plan are implemented. (4) The long term must set year-to-year priorities, while the short term plan director implementation of the long term plan in yearly increments. (4) Last, circumstances and budgets may alter from year to year. (4) These changes are to be made into a new short term plan, instead of writing the long term plan each year. (4) * The following is slightly adapted from the Weed District Supervisors Handout* A small landowner does not need as comprehensive a plan as outlined below, but should review this outline to be sure they have covered all areas pertinent to their ownership. Guidelines for developing a weed management plan 1. Define purpose of weed management plan * Your need for action (4) * The mission and direction for the property (4,5) * Define and describe Weed Management Areas (2,4) (With the sketches and notes from earlier) 2. Weed Management Areas * Legal description and name * Specify the boundaries * Specify what the land is used for - mining, timbering, recreation, grazing, farming, etc. Make sure you are specific. List crops, wood species that are timbered, and domestic animals, etc. * Specify major aquatic features, topography, and other natural resources * Specify native flora and wildlife * Specify nuisance and noxious weeds that inhabit the area * Specify endangered and threatened animals * Recognize major cities, resorts, and towns * Recognize Native American and archaeological cultural sites 3. Weed Management Priorities * FIRST - Prevention of potential invaders * SECOND - Intensive management or eradication of invading and new species inside of a weed management area * THIRD - Management efforts on established stands 4. Define Long Term Objectives Objectives need to answer all the needs of individual weed management areas, and probably will not need to address every aspect of noxious weed management listed below. Also, the need for and prioritization of the objectives below will vary between different weed management areas. Make sure you consider every one of these objectives, as success rate is highest when an integrated plan is developed and implemented. * Step 1 - Develop education, awareness, and education * Step 2 - Develop and maintain administration and funding * Step 3 - Develop and maintain an inventory * Step 4 - Develop prevention and early detection tactics * Step 5 - Implement integrated weed management plan * Step 6 - Develop and maintain monitoring and evaluation techniques * Step 7 - Develop and maintain a reporting system 5. Identify Weeds of Concern * List weed species and areas (numerical) infested * Specify methods of introduction * Describe “high risk” areas or “most likely” areas for future infestations 6. Define Roles and Responsibilities * List jurisdictions and agencies involved. (Establish cooperation with landowners, towns, counties, residents, agencies, organizations, and states to effectively implement programs of prevention and control within the weed management area.) * Identify signatures required * Define planning timetable * Specify time of termination and terms (If applicable) * Specify insurance or liabilities * Specify resources and funding for weed management (4,5) INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT () Integrated weed management is so important to ultimate success against noxious weeds that is deserves special attention. IWM is based on the fact that strategies that are combined for weed management is much better than one strategy that is applied by itself. Successful integrated weed management starts with your set plan. Your IWM plan should include objectives to create an integrated weed management strategy for weeds that are in concern. For each target weed: 1. Determine short term IWM methods and objectives 2. Specify reference materials to be used in determining your IEM methods 3. Specify effectiveness of IWM method on every weed * Determine who will make the management recommendations * Specify safety precautions to be implemented * Determine who will implement your treatment program * Determine the manpower and funding needed for management IWM is based on the following FOUR general categories of management options: I. Cultural Control II. Physical Control III. Biological Control IV. Chemical Control I. Before any choices are considered, determine whether or not no action is an OK solution.
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