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Overview <br />This report summarizes Habitat Management, Inc.'s (Habitat Management) integrated <br />pest management efforts at Climax Molybdenum Mine (Climax) during the 2010 <br />growing season. Weed control management on the Climax property was initiated in 1999. <br />During the growing season of 1999, Habitat Management conducted a weed survey of the <br />project area to characterize the extent of weed infestation. The survey identified the <br />following twelve species of noxious weeds growing on the property: <br />• Mayweed chamomile (Anthemis cotula L.) <br />• Oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.) <br />• Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) <br />• Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris L.) <br />• Musk thistle (Carduus nutans L.) <br />• Hoary Cress (Cardaria draba L.) <br />• Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa L.) <br />• Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos Hayek) <br />• Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens L.) <br />• Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) <br />• Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.) <br />• Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) <br />The information obtained during the weed survey was used to develop an IPM plan for <br />Climax. Weed management under this plan was implemented on a project-wide basis in <br />the summer of 2000 and has continued during the subsequent growing seasons. <br />2010 Weed Management Activities <br />Habitat Management is a licensed commercial pesticide applicator that performed weed <br />management activities at Climax during the 2010 growing season. Qualified supervisor <br />Chris Keough led a crew of trained technicians in applying herbicides to targeted weeds <br />Climax Mine: IPM Report 1 February 2011