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Noxious Weed Management Plan <br />Union Milling Company <br />Leadville Mill <br />Leadville, Colorado <br />August 2009 <br />Plan Objective <br />The objectives for the Union Milling Company (UMC) Noxious Weed Management Plan for <br />the Leadville Mill are to: <br />• provide the steps necessary for the Leadville Mill to assess the existence of noxious <br />weeds within and adjacent to the property boundaries; <br />• provide the Leadville Mill with preventive and treatment measures which will control the <br />spread and establishment of noxious weeds; and <br />• identify monitoring needs and frequency of monitoring. <br />Description of the Project <br />The Leadville Mill site permitted property consist of 6.6 acres located about 2.5 miles south <br />of the town of Leadville. It is on the north side of Highway 24. <br />Weed Inventory <br />UMC requested that Larry Walker, Chaffee County Weed Department, inspect the mill site. <br />He found some Oxeye daisies on the fence line next to the water treatment plant and a few <br />Canada thistle on the pond dike and the south west corner of the mill. Canada thistle was <br />also observed earlier in the year around the mill and the tailings pond. See attached map for <br />weed infestation. <br />Weed Management Techniques <br />The Leadville Mill will use Chemical measures to kill or inhibit plan growth for the Oxeye <br />daisies and Canada thistle. The company will spray both the Oxeye Daisy and the Canada <br />thistle with Milestone early summer and again in the fall. <br />Monitoring Plan <br />The Leadville Mill will have the local weed control expert inspect the property once a year to <br />identify any new noxious weed infestations and make any recommendations to the current <br />management techniques.