[Pollinator] HERBICIDES vs. INVASIVES

[Bonnie Harper-Lore]

Another well-researched weed control guide if part of the 2013 handbook, “Vegetation Management: An Ecoregional Approach" done by the Federal Highway Administration for the use of all 50 State DOTs includes a chapter on
“On How to Control 40 Invasive Plants” with specific chemical and non-chemical  treatments for each weed.  SPOT-SPRAYING ONLY is implied.

The integrated management recommendations on pages 201-205  were researched and authored by Ian Heap, Joe DiTomaso and Dave Nelson for vegetation managers and contractors.

Pages 201 - 211 also include the use of grazing, biocontrols and prescribed burns.
Actual partnership examples and agreements are included in pages 224-231.

Check out the FHWA website https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov <https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/>

Sharing information so we don’t have to keep recreating the wheel,
Bonnie Harper-Lore
Restoration Ecologist, Ret.



> On Mar 25, 2019, at 3:16 PM, James Cane <jim.cane2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Barbara- I have found Nature Conservancy's weed control guidebook for reserve managers to be very helpful, specific and practical.  Often times when using herbicides, there are ways to do spot applications that allow you to avoid broadcast applications.
> 
> https://www.invasive.org/gist/handbook.html <https://www.invasive.org/gist/handbook.html>
> 
> jim
> 
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:12 PM Barbara Passero <bpassero at meadowmaking.org <mailto:bpassero at meadowmaking.org>> wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> MS4B has submitted a proposal to plant pollinator patches and bring back bobolinks to the largest meadow of a 70-acre conservation area.
>  
> The teens (15-19) in our summer youth work & learn program will plan the gardens and plant the plugs and plants. Teens will also serve as citizen scientists, tracking the weather, noting the wildlife they see, recording youth activities, etc.
>  
> The area has been overrun with invasives—Black Swallowwort, Bittersweet, others. The landscape contractor intends to use herbicides that he says are safe on the property sometime in the spring. The invasives have to go, but I’d hate to have toxic chemicals sprayed where I’m trying to attract pollinators. I don’t want to seem obstructive either. I need more practical information from experts, so I’m writing to ask for your suggestions.
>  
> Thank you for any help you can give. Check out website www.meadowmaking.org <http://www.meadowmaking.org/> for program information. Let me know whether you’d like to know more.
>  
> Sincerely, Barbara
> 
> Barbara Passero, Director
> MEADOWSCAPING for Biodiversity
> 174 Moody St. #244
> Waltham, MA 02453
> Office: 781-209-0052 Cell: 617-999-9546
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> James H. Cane
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