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Private Sources for Information on Invasive Species in the Upper Gunnison Basin

Colorado Weed Management Association

Canada Thistle

Leafy Spurge

Gunnison Conservation District

Umcompahgre Partnership

Leafy Spurge

Leafy Spurge

Oxeye Daisy

Plumeless Thistle

Tamarisk Coalition

Tamarisk

Tamarisk

Absinth Wormwood

Dame's Rocket

Hoary Cress

Orange Hawkweed

Purple Loosestrife

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

European Starling

 

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

RMBL is currently researching rock snot and works with the USDA forest service, volunteers, the Crested Butte Land Trust, the Town of Crested Butte, and private citizens and representatives from the Bureau of Land Management to control noxious weeds on the RMBL property. RMBL holds a volunteer day every year to get people involved in managing and controlling noxious weeds. Annual monitoring is conducted for invasive plants on the RMBL property, occurring for the last four years. Monitoring data is available to the public upon request. Mapping using GPS is also conducted to track densities of weeds and native plants and are available upon request. Unfortunately, when the RMBL website went down earlier in 2014, many research databases were lost.

  • Works on the following species:

    • Rock Snot

    • Yellow toadflax

    • Linaria vulgaris

    • Scentless Chamomile

    • Ox-eye daisies

    • Salsify

    • Wintercress

  • Research: Rock Snot research by Wendy S. Brown can be found here.

  • Contact: Jennie Reithel, RMBL Science Director, (970) 349-7156, sd@rmbl.org

The Crested Butte Land Trust manages open space properties in the Gunnison Valley under conservation easements, and must monitor and manage noxious weeds under the legal requirements of such easements. Currently the CBLT does not do any specific research on invasives in the Gunnison Valley, however they monitor their properties for all invasives listed on the CSU Extension Website and listed under the Colorado Noxious Weed Act. For more information visit www.cblandtrust.org.

  • Works on the following species:

    • None specifically, but works collaboratively with other organizations as needed

  • Contact: Hedda Peterson, Stewardship Coordinator, Crested Butte Land Trust, preserve@cblandtrust.org, (970) 349-1206

  • Research: None at this time

Rock Snot

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