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22 | P a g e Eradication is often not practical or attainable. QB may aim for eradication of a target species in areas where infestations are caught very early on after introduction and are therefore relatively small in size and not widely distributed throughout the area. When treating for eradication, the field goal is to kill 100% of the plants in a given infestation. 2.3.3 Containment Containment refers to the act of treating an established weed infestation around the boundaries, to avoid the continued spread of the infestation. Containment is usually the best option when large landscapes or watersheds are very heavily infested to the point where regaining the lost areas would be impractical. Here, managing parties would set the goal to keep the target species from spreading beyond the current borders. When containment is the goal, resources are focused on treating the perimeter of the infested area and inward, to the distance that the target species would be expected to spread. The goal is to kill 100% of the weeds within a defined perimeter only. The infested areas within that perimeter may be left alone, or managed with another management level goal. In other words, within the confinement boundary, the infestation may be treated for reduction, maintenance or be left untreated. 2.3.4 Reduction Reduction refers to the act of treating an established weed infestation with the goal of reducing the density and numbers of the target specie(s). The majority of QB treatments are done with the goal of reducing infestations. Reduction efforts aim to kill 80% of the weeds within a treatment area. 2.3.5 Maintenance Maintenance refers to the act of treating an established weed infestation with the goal of maintaining the density and size of the infestation. In addition to reduction, QB manages for maintenance quite often. Maintenance efforts aim to kill 70% of the weeds within a treatment area.