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Prairie and grassland managmement guide

Prairie and Grassland Management

A resource to help land managers better understand how and when to integrate herbicides in prairie and grassland programs.

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Invasive plant management guide

Invasive Plant Management

A practical and technical guide for natural area managers to better understand the role of herbicides in IVM.

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TechLine Magazine Archive

Past issues include articles about innovative research, success stories, methods and tools for invasive plant management. Delivery available by download.

2017 Spring Issue - Final Edition

Dolores River Restoration Project, Forbs Tolerant to Milestone® Specialty Herbicide, Managing Sulfur Cinquefoil in Natural Areas, Are Drones in Your Future?, Essential Resources for Invasive Plant Managers, TechLine Welcomes New Team Member, Photo Contest Winners.

 

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2016 Fall Issue - Western Range and Wildlands Edition

  • Twenty Years of Success: Managing Tansy Ragwort in Northwestern Montana ... 3
  • Controlling Tansy Ragwort in Natural Areas ... 4
  • Synthetic Auxin Herbicides Control Germinating Scotch Broom ... 7
  • Logging Debris and Herbicide Treatments for Controlling Scotch Broom... 8
  • Celebrating the Centennial: Volunteers Unite in Glacier National Park Weed BioBlitz ... 10
  • Managing Scotch thistle on Rangeland and Natural Areas ... 12
  • Saint Johnswort Biology, Impact and Management ...14
  • Enter Invasive Plant Photo Contest Until October 14 ... 2
 

 

2016 Fall Issue – Prairie and Grasslands Edition

  • Landowner-Hunter Partnership Supports Habitat Conservation ... 3
  • Integrative Management of Sericea Lespedeza in Prairie Restorations ... 6
  • Managing Sericea Lespedeza with Selective Herbicides ... 9
  • Managing Sweetclover in Natural Areas ... 10
  • Saint Johnswort Biology, Impact and Management ...12
  • Celebrating the Centennial: Volunteers Unite in Glacier National Park Weed BioBlitz ... 14
  • Enter Invasive Plant Photo Contest Until October 14 ... 2

 

 

2016 Spring Issue – Prairie and Grasslands Edition

  • Impact of Canada Thistle Cover on Plant Community Structure in Early Stage Prairie Restoration
  • Practical Tips for Managing Canada Thistle
  • Proper Application Timing to Maximize Control of Key Invasive Plants
  • Essential Online Resources To Kick Off Your Field Season
 

 

2016 Spring Issue – Western Range and Wildlands Edition

  • Protecting the Highcountry in Southwestern Colorado
  • Oxeye Daisy Identification and Management
  • Proper Application Timing to Maximize Control of Key Invasive Plants
  • Essential Online Resources To Kick Off Your Field Season
 

 

2015 Fall Issue – Western Range and Wildlands Edition

  • Fall Application Timing Controls Russian Knapweed in Wyoming Watershed
  • Partnerships Expand Invasive Plant Management in Dakota Prairie Grasslands
  • Early Detection and Control Stops Purple Starthistle Spread in Idaho
  • Are Fall Applications Effective on Perennial Invasive Plants? Experts Weigh In
  • Mapping Invasive Plants Using Helmet Based Video System
 

2015 Fall Issue – Prairie and Grasslands Edition

  • Belwin Conservancy Tackles Grecian Foxglove
  • Long-term Control of Crown Vetch at a Wisconsin Wildlife Refuge 
  • Partnerships Expand Invasive Plant Management in Dakota Prairie Grasslands
  • Are Fall Applications Effective on Perennial Invasive Plants? Experts Weigh In.
  • Mapping Invasive Plants Using Helmet Based Video System
 

2015 Spring Issue – Western Range & Wildlands Edition

  • Tolerance of desirable grasses to Milestone® and Perspective herbicides
  • Common tansy identification and management
  • Proper application timing to maximize control of key invasive plants
  • Essential online resources to kick off your field season
 

2014 Fall Newsletter – Prairie and Grasslands Edition

Read about a project to improve habitat for a key indicator species in western Missouri, removing invasive woody species on a Nature Preserve in Minnesota, managing crown vetch, tree-of-heaven and other key species in the fall, new "Smart" spray wand technology and more!

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2014 Fall Newsletter – Western Range and Wildlands Edition

Read about a cooperative project in the Ruby River watershed in Montana, new research for medusahead rye control, managing rush skeletonweed, tree-of-heaven, and other key species in the fall, new "Smart" spray wand technology and more!

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2014 Spring Newsletter – Western Range and Wildlands Edition

This issue provides quick reference to online resources to help managers meet the demands of a busy field season, with focus in the western range and wildlands region of the United States.

  • Gearing Up For Spring and Summer: Essential Online Resources To Kick Off Your Field Season
  • New Series To Enhance Understanding Of Herbicides
  • Proper Application Timing For Key Species
 

2014 Spring Newsletter – Prairie and Grasslands Edition

This issue provides quick reference to online resources to help managers meet the demands of a busy field season, with focus in the prairie and grasslands region of the United States.

  • Gearing Up For Spring and Summer: Essential Online Resources To Kick Off Your Field Season
  • New Series To Enhance Understanding Of Herbicides
  • Proper Application Timing For Key Species
 

2013 Fall Newsletter

New strategies by the Catalina Island Conservancy to eliminate milk thistle from Santa Catalina Island, southwest of Los Angeles, California; The River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area in southern Illinois; A successful approach to controlling tamarisk in Utah's Buckhorn Wash; Identification and management of invasive knotweeds; Research supporting aquatic labeling of aminopyralid and more!

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2013 Spring Newsletter – Prairie Edition

1   Pheasants Forever – Conserving Wildlife Through Habitat Protection and Restoration

5  Midwest Invasive Plant Network – Joining Forces to Combat Invasive Plants in the Midwest

6  Bringing It All Together –Tips for Managing Canada Thistle, and Seeding Recommendations for Canada Thistle Infested Sites

8   Restoring Wisconsin’s Pine Barren Landscape  Reducing Risk of Non-native Plant Invasion During Restoration

10  Herbicide Selectivity in Invasive Plant Management

11  Proper Application Timing Maximizes Invasive Plant Control with Milestone Herbicide

12  Lessons from the Islands

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2013 Spring Newsletter – Western Edition

  • Protecting Merced River Canyon from Invasive Plants–Yosemite National Park and Interagency Partners Tackle Yellow Starthistle
  • Proper Application Timing Maximizes Invasive Plant Control with Milestone® Herbicide
  • BLM and partners ‘Restore New Mexico’ on a landscape scale
 

2012 Fall Newsletter

  • Rocky Mountain Front Weed Roundtable - A model of cooperation
  • Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program - A tool for private land conservation
  • Controlling invasive plants in fall and early winter
  • After the Smoke Clears - Resources for addressing post fire weed invasion and expansion 
 

2012 Spring Newsletter – Western Edition

  • Wallowa Canyonlands Partnership uses a science-based approach for managing noxious weeds
  • Protecting watershed values in southeast Wyoming - Wyoming counties unite to control Russian olive and saltcedar along the North Platte River
  • Optimal herbicide application timing for Canada thistle control
  • Herbicide application timing critical to control exotic hawkweeds
 

2012 Spring Newsletter – Prairie Edition

  • Establishing Wildflowers after Herbicide Application
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service Manages Invasive Woody Plants
  • Comparison of Greenhouse to Native Grown Wildflowers for Herbicide Tolerance
  • Optimal Herbicide Application Timing for Canada Thistle Control
  • Biology and Management of Common Teasel
 

2011 Fall Newsletter

  • Enhancing wildlife habitat through partnerships and perserverence: Committment is key to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conservation efforts
  • Establishing desirable grasses in Russian knapweed infested sites
  • Native grass establishment following herbicide applications
  • Fall application of Milestone herbicide to control key invasive weeds
 

2011 Spring Newsletter – Prairie Edition

  • Overcoming challenges to restore native tall grass prairie
  • Spotted knapweed management possible with planning, persistence, and integrated approach
  • Biennial thistle management
 

2010 Fall Newsletter

  • Bighorn Sheep and Elk Habitat Enhancement Project (p. 1)
  • Effect of Milestone on Canada Thistle and the Native Plant Community in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie (p. 4)
  • Native Forb and Shrub Tolerance to Milestone Herbicide (p. 8)
  • Fall Application of Milestone to Control Key Invasive Weeds (p. 10)
  • Biological Control Researcher Announces Retirement (p. 11)
  • TechLine is Online: Sign up to receive TechLine and more by email (p. 11)
 

2010 Spring Newsletter

  • Elk Refuge Manages Invasive Plants
  • Collaboration and Outreach Creates Successful Invasive Plant Program
  • Scouts Team-up Against Tamarisk
  • 2010 Summer TechTour Schedule
  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Milestone Herbicide
  • Adios Amigos...It Has Been A Great Ride
 

2008 Spring Newsletter

  • Resource managers gain on cheatgrass: Finding the right balance elusive when restoring native ranges.
  • Rush skeletonweed research: Efficacy and application timing of Milestone® herbicide on rush skeletonweed.
  • National monument faces multiple weed challenges: Finding the right tools, one step at a time.
  • Revived county program tackles multiple weed challenges: Landowners partner with BLM to fish noxious weeds in a challenging environment.
  • Dubois-Crow Heart Weed Management Area: Weeds managed over large areas with the aid of GIS system.
 

2008 Fall Newsletter

  • Rotational grazing combined with integrated methods create success: Imaginative techniques improve Audobon National Wildlife Refuge Health
  • Weed and Pest District adopts diversified techniques: Critical watershed areas reclaimed from Canada thistle impacts
  • North Platte River Russian olive and saltcedar control projects
  • Wisdom gained from long-term weed control efforts: Weed management must involve all resources available to insure success
  • Riparian area habitat improved, forage grasses increased: Treating invasives without damaging desirable species
 

2007 – 2008 Winter Newsletter

  • Controlling invasives benefits native species: Milestone(R) herbicide control of Canada thistle in native grasslands.
  • Project manages invasive vegetation in depest canyon in the US: Twelve-year cooperative effort pays dividends.
  • Impacts increasing as knotweed species spread to more ecosystems: Researcher sees possibilities in new tools and techniques.
  • TNC battles knotweeds in Sandy River watershed: Dual approach of testing and landscape-size application yields answers.
  • Innovative herbicide, new GPS tools: Lincoln County grapples with second home growth.
 

2007 Spring Newsletter

  • Innovative program managers find answers: Booming resort communities pose weed management challenge
  • Scotch thistle research: Performance of herbicides applied in the spring for Scotch thistle
  • Using the right tools in the right places: Revegetation and riparian area weed control help restore rangelands
  • Integrated program successfully preserves habitat: Invasive plant species threaten elk refuge
  • Diverse land use create need for cooperation: Organization, prioritization, and motivation create success
  • Split tank ATV setup
 

2007 Fall Newsletter

  • Boomless nozzles require new thinking for correct use: Boomless nozzles evaluation for weed control in pastures, rangelands, and on roadsides.
  • Hawkweed research: Efficacy and application timing of Milestone(R) herbicide on hawkweeds.
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service: Strike team brings timely weed control to wildlife refuges.
  • Sublette County, One of the "cleanest" counties in the western US: Booming energy development brings threat from expanding noxious weed infestations.
 

2004 Fall Newsletter

  • Native species respond better to integrated approach: Russian knapweed management in riparian areas improves wildlife habitat
  • Landowners band together to fight riparian invasive species: Coordination, cooperation make difficult projects possible
  • Program builds weed awareness: AAW reaches out to outdoor enthusiasts and anglers
  • Invasive vegetation management improves habitat on snake river: River cooridors provide valuable wildlife habitat
  • Weed-free gravel slows weed spread: Yellowstone pit survey builds partnerships with operators
  • Hybrid species of Tamarisk pose special challenge: Researchers, land managers seek effective solutions
 

2003-2004 Winter Newsletter

  • Integration, perseverance key successful vegetation management programs
  • Wildlife habitat improves with herbicide treatment vs. fire: Native species respond when sagebrush is thinned or controlled
  • Public involved in integrated weed control efforts: Cooperative weed management area for 2.3 million acres
  • Hand pulling works best in conjunction with other methods: Hand pulling project gains public involvement in weed control
  • A critical resource preserved: Invasives threaten watershed and wildlife habitat
 

2004-2005 Winter Newsletter

  • Leafy spurge threatens habitat: Integrated management benefits range, sage grouse
  • Comparative herbicide study in riparian area: Research yields management strategies
  • Yellow toadflax management in forest and wilderness: Forest Service managers throw everything at invasives and never quit
  • Research points to management options: Effect of herbicide treatments on Dalmatian toadflax establishment and spread in burned forest sites
  • Public, private, county, forest cooperation succeeds: Forest Service partners to achieve success
 

2002 Summer Newsletter

  • Success at educating your constituents keys vegetation management progress
  • Progress returns to Missoula weed management programs: "De-emphasize large public meetings and increase the opportunities for personal interactions"
  • Success is a great motivator: Preserving cultural plants keys weed management acceptance
  • Flathead County: Agencies working together cut weed infested acreage
  • Glacier National Park: Doing nothing means resources will continue to degrade
 

2002 Winter Newsletter

  • Management restores wildlife habitats impacted by invasives
  • War on weeds: winning it for wildlife
  • Integrated methods control yellow starthistle at Fort Hunter Liggett
  • Bighorn sheep habitat improved with weed control
  • Land users restore Roosevelt Elk range
 

2002-2003 (East) Winter Newsletter

  • Sounds research, integrated methods, and persistence key these successful programs
  • Park's protocols lead others toward successful management: Shenandoah National Park managers develop effective vegetation control program
  • Sound research aids preservation effort: Managing invasives preserves old growth forest for study and public enjoyment
  • Managing Akebia quinata at the James Madison Landmark Forest: An evaluation of herbicides and the timing of application
  • Cherokee National Forest managers convert fescue grasslands to native grasses
 

2001 May Newsletter

  • Integrated management costs and efficacy compared
  • Cost and efficacy of spotted knapweed management with integrated methods
  • Yellow starthistle management possible with planning and integrated approach
  • Management practices for long-term yellow starthistle control and enhanced rangeland productivity
 

2000 December Newsletter

  • Post-fire opportunities key invasive plant management progress and success
  • Protecting relatively uninfested lands: Reducing weed spread following fire
  • Pre-fire planning insured that the railroad fire turned into an invsive species management opportunity
  • Prepare to handle post-fire weed explosure within two years of a fire
  • Range fire opens door to rush skeletonweed inventory and management
  • The effect of Tordon 22K and Transline on establishment of three range grass species
  • Establishing noxious weed demonstration plots
  • Squarrose knapweed control following a wildfire
 

2000 June Newsletter

  • Wilderness and rough terrain weed management possible
  • Largest wilderness in lower 48 tackles weed problem
  • Horseback sprayers key back country weed control success
  • Simplicity works best in rough terrain
  • Short on horsemanship? Get a llama
  • Will there be 21st-century Einsteins?
 

2000 Eastern June Newsletter

  • Exotic, invasive plant management information for the eastern U.S.
  • Shenandoah National Park tackles Ailanthus invasion to preserve diversity
  • Evaluation of herbicide tank mixes for low volume basal applications: Managing Ailanthus altissima at Shenandoah National Park
  • Kudzu worth managing for Cherokee National Forest
  • In The Nature Conservancy Marshall Forest Preserve: Escaped ornamentals cause ecological harm in native environment
 

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