This manual describes how to monitor three rangeland attributes: soil and site stability, watershed function, and biotic integrity. The Quick Start guide includes only the basics; details are provided in Volume II.
The Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center and Partners in Flight Databases can be accessed from this website.
The U.S. Forest Service, Oregon State University, and the Conservation Biology Institute have launched a free web-based decision-support tool to help natural resource managers match seedlots (seed collections from a known origin) with planting sites based on climatic information. The new web-based mapping application, called the Seedlot Selection Tool (SST), can be used to map either current climates or future climates based on selected climate scenarios.
These resources, including a long-term management calculator, handbook, and factsheet are designed to help practitioners calculate how to budget for lasting conservation outcomes for restoration sites.
This is a list of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters authored by The Nature Conservancy staff, including links to pdf versions where available.
This USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website provides info on weed risk assessments completed to date. They are provided for interested stakeholders and may be useful in setting local policies or for informing resource managers.
This website, by Agrian, allows users to look up herbicide label information from their extensive database. Over 9,000 indemnified manufacturer/registrant labels and supporting documents (including MSDS, Section 24c, 2ee, and organic certificates) are provided.
This website enables users to use search functions to identify unknown weed species.
This document provides photos and characterists of the Colorado Watch List species.
This Colorado State University website provides information on a suite of poisonous plants.
This presentation at the Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative workshop on July 19, 2016 was presented by Fred Raish.
This presentation on plants poisonous to horses and ruminants in southern Colorado was prepared by Gene Niles DVM, DABVT, Director of the Rocky Ford Branch of the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Both native and non-native plants are discussed.
This presentation on plants toxic to livestock was presented at the Purgatoire Watershed Weed Management Collaborative meeting on July 19, 2016.
This document provides herbicide mixture rates for a variety of common herbicides used for spot spraying and backpack sprayers.
The 2016 Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants is the 13th edition of the biennial publication and contains 779 entries from 38 companies. While the Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants is published every two years, the associated website is updated more frequently. This Compendium organizes adjuvant products by type (such as nonionic surfactants, crop oil concentrates, etc.). And each listing includes the product name, manufacturer/distributor, principal functioning agents, use rates, and comments.
This brochure, developed by Fremont County Weed Management, for Fremont, Custer, and surrounding counties, provides mechanical, chemical, biological and cultural control information for a variety of common weed species.