Download - Highway Shoulder Maintenance and Gravelling [Location] [Date] Weeds and Roads D. PolsterJ. Leekie
Highway Shoulder Maintenance and Gravelling[Location]
[Date]
Weeds and Roads
D. PolsterJ. Leekie
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Best Practices for Shoulder Maintenance
•Invasive Plants and Impacts
•The Contractor’s Role
•Best Practices
•Priority Plants
Overview
Yellow Hawkweed
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Definition
Invasive Plants
• Invasive plants are non-native plants thatcan cause significant damage.
• They spread very quickly, displacing and sometimes eliminating native plants
• They are sometimes called ‘noxious weeds’
C. Wheeler
Scentless Chamomile
Leafy Spurge
Economic
•Agriculture and Ranching
•Forestry
•Transportation
Impacts
S. Dewey, Bugwood.org
Giant Hogweed
Environmental
•Reduced biodiversity
•Increased erosion and sedimentation
Impacts
CRD
B. Tokarska-Guzik, bugwood.org
Orange Hawkweed
Your Role
Guidance Documents
•B.C. Weed Control Act
•Environmental Best Practices
•MoT Best Practices Guide
Your Role
What can you do to manage invasive plantson highway shoulders?
Your Role
Your Role
VIDEO CLIP
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What’s Should Happen Here?
Best Practices
MOT
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What’s Gone Wrong Here?
Best Practices
USDA, bugwood.org
Invasive giant hogweed
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What’s Gone Wrong Here?
Best Practices
B. StewartInvasive diffuse knapweed
Priority Plants within the District
•[plant common and scientific name]
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Plants of Concern
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For More Information…
Contact your local Regional Committee
Visit www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca
Call 1-888-WEEDSBC
D. Ralph