Invasive Plant Management Principles for Project Planning and Site
Invasive Plant Management: Principles for Project Planning and Site
Incorporate Awareness of the Problem of Invasive Plants into the Primary
Levels of Decision Making
Make sure planning engineers and others think about how to prevent the
establishment and spread of invasive plants when they first plan projects
(location, layout, design, and decisions about alternatives).
Make sure field people are trained to recognize invasive plants.
Set a good example by maintaining invasive-free public building grounds.
Don't plant invasive plants.
Become aware of heavily infested sites in the local area and avoid
unnecessary movement of equipment through them.
When people use public or private lands for special events, have them
agree to invasive plant prevention measures, as needed.
Avoid Spreading Invasive Plants.
Don't set up staging areas in places with heavy invasive plant
Think about the sequence of movement of equipment to avoid bringing
seeds from heavily infested sites to non-infested ones.
Be aware of the seasons when different invasives are producing seeds.
Keep equipment and trailers free of seeds and plant parts that will
Don't move contaminated fill, gravel, etc. to non-infested project
Stockpile separately contaminated and uncontaminated materials.
Manage Project Site Conditions to Discourage Invasive Plants.
When appropriate, control existing invasive plants on the site before
Minimize soil disturbance.
Minimize disturbance of native plants.
Retain as much shade as possible to make site less hospitable to
Re-vegetate quickly with non-invasive plants.
Understand and Use Timely Invasive Plant Control Measures. A. Know the
options for species-specific invasive plant control. B. Make sure field people
have the necessary training and equipment