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<br />.,,),JI.\ :J <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />2,2,2 W~d ~hnal!l.'mrnland r"jalh'r Vr-r:r1aflon Rl"-nlahll~hml.'nt <br /> <br />As a measure III CllhanCC and rc:s\Ore lbc funetions and valucaoflhc La PlaIa Ri\'CT <br /><<midnr. Reclamation commiuw 10 controlling Color.w..lo lisle.:! noxious weeds in the <br />MA. The labkbciowdcsc.ribcstbeorigiOlllwocdcoverage asasaea.'ICdin21101 (seethe <br />2003 ~ ALP ProjCCl Wetland'Riparian Miliglllion and Monitoring Plan For 1be l.:l Plata <br />RIVer ('orridor~ appendices for further detllll). Reclamation also eommitled 10 replace <br />weed trec sp<<ies"ith nativc specics on an Il/lproximDte one-for-une basis and to re- <br />e.<llIhlishdesirahleherbllclXlusvegctaIionlOtbemllximumextcntpl1l("licai:llelOeslablish <br />a naturally scif.smtainlng riparian system alonlltbe La PlaIa River. <br /> <br />Tahir J, ,\crea{!euflnltlaIRIDatlanWeedMana..rlDl'nl, <br /> ..-. - _.',- . ,.,'- .'l:'\CTM. ... . --.- <br />"I,-\lract Parrri <br />TT1ICTlI Main Pam:l (Biock F) 55.8 <br /> NortbemPan:e1 24S <br /> (Block E) <br />. <br /> tlctlll Single Parcel (Block (>41 <br /> Dj <br />irotal l44.2aCTl."i <br /> <br />2.2,2,lrWfl"M~lnWrrd:\hnafrmt'nl <br /> <br />Reo;lamalion inilialed weed eontroI actions in tbc fall of2oo2 with a 7S acre lesl <br />IT'Calmctll llftamarisk and Russian olive wilbin the southern portion of Tract 11 <br />(Biock F, figure 1.Q). In 2003 RrelamallOn Ix:lllln its hcmllcc:ous weed control <br />effonsandsprnyedapprnximately2:'iOacresofril'ar1anandhuffer1Ont'babi1a1s <br />asa tif';t$\agcintreatmrnt for TraCI9 II and 111. Biological(insoel)conlrols....ere <br />employed for three weed spceieslL'l pre!lCTibed hYlitate weed control inscc1nry <br />relea.'i.Cguiddines. Within the 2S0a.:rcsdescrihcd above. approximately ISO <br />acres of land wereltealed for lamarisk and Russian olive in theongllinll weed <br />rollllagemenlcffort. <br /> <br />All remaining acres infested wllh lamarisk and Russian oli..e were tTCated in 2004 <br />(Fil!urc20).11lesame2S0acresofhcrbaceuus....co:dstrea1edm2003were <br />likcw'isc re-lrealed in 2004. pnmarily witb $pOl.spraying (hy hand, E~,lll an<l <br />with ~ontgnuinglFil!urc 23 and Fi~ure 201l, lOll goalS were pun:based in <br />OctohCTof200ol and were used in 1be nonhem portion ofTraetlll \0 help contml <br />leafy spurge. yellow loadJlax and kllapwl:Clb (fil!urc 2n These !:tonts WIll <br />rcmain in tbe \tAthroughtheeompletionofmiligalionaclivi1iC1i as a mcasu retu <br />Cllntrnlweeds IlOd roouce the amount lan<leost) ofberbieide iljlphCahons. <br />Progressin\\'eedmanagemCl11isdescrihcdinFigures2Sand~fl. <br /> <br />..23.. <br />