ARTICLES RELATED TO WEED MANAGEMENT ON OPEN SPACE
Link to all diffuse knapweed management studies that I'm aware of
Citizens for Pesticide Reform (Boulder group)
Essay sent to Daily Camera, August, 2006
Boulder Daily Camera report on what happened in 2005
Essay used by Daily Camera (expanded version of the above)
The rise and fall of diffuse knapweed in
North America
(published in: Inderjit (Ed.) Invasive plants: ecological and agricultural aspects. Basal, Switzerland: Birkhauser-Verlag AG.
Our program wins an award (Jan. 2005)
Weed Technology paper (Dec. 2004)
We've done it! Restored
prairie made from a field of knapweed!!!
Our program receives
an honor from Congressman Udall (Congressional Record, Extensions, 10/17/01)
The science behind the
verbiage
Note: This is a PDF file of our findings. The purpose of this file is to provide the science facts on our project. This report should not be cited or reproduced. A revised version of this paper was published in Weed Science in 2003. That one is available for citation. Please contact me for reprints.
Here are photos (by Jody Nelson) of the site in
Here's the site treated with insectsLastoka Insect Release Site
Here's an adjacent site that was treated 4-5 years ago with herbicidesHerbicide-treated in 1997
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Guidelines for sound land management projects (from Reed Noss)
Good News from 2000 Field Season!!! Biological Control of Knapweed
How to control diffuse knapweed on Open Space lands: A January 2000 Status Report
Suggested City of Boulder
Weed Management Plan (5/13/99)
Suggested changes to the Boulder County Weed Management Plan (4/99)
Preserving native
plant diversity and minimizing the use of picloram (talk 3/11/99)
The management of Boulder Open Space
Rachel Carson and I are chemophobes!
National coalition against misuse of pesticides response to pesticide use on Open Space
Ecologist's response to pesticide use on Open Space
The use of cattle as biocontrols
in Boulder Open Space
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WEED CONTROL AND CHEMICALS
David Pimentel's principles
for dealing with noxious weeds in natural areas
The use of integrated weed management within a framework of ecosystem management (George Wooten)
George Wooten's work on Diffuse Knapweed
Managing weeds within the context of ecosystem management
(George Wooten)
INFORMATION ON THE TOXICITY OF COMMON HERBICIDES
Why I'm nervous about the use
of picloram on native grasslands
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