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co <br />pF'Co LL ++ n 10 700 Kipling Street, Suite 4000 <br />Lakewood, CO 80215-8000 r„ p <br />303-239-4100 ? Fax 303-239-4125 <br />www.colorado.gov/ag <br />DEPARTMENT OF 's'6 <br />AGRICULTURE John T. Salazar, Commissioner <br />James C. Miller, Deputy Commissioner John Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Subject: Use of Noxious Weeds and Sweetclover in restoration and reclamation <br />projects <br />To: Bureau of Land Management: Carol Dawson <br />Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: David Neslin, Debbie Baldwin <br />Colorado Department of Transportation: Jim Walker <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife: Tom Remmington: Eric Odell, Francie Pusateri, <br />Elizabeth Brown <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety: Loretta Pineda, Tony <br />Waldron <br />Colorado State Forest Service: Jeff Jahnke <br />Colorado State Land Board: Bill Ryan <br />Colorado State Parks: Rob Billerbeck <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service: Terri Sage and Gene Backhaus <br />Partners for Wildlife: Bill Noonan <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Ellen Mayo <br />U.S. Forest Service: Andy Kratz, Susan Johnson <br />From: Susan Panjabi, Committee Chair, on behalf of the Colorado Noxious Weed <br />Advisory Committee <br />Date: March 2011 <br />The Colorado Noxious Weed Advisory Committee would like to remind your <br />agency/organization that no listed noxious weeds should be intentionally planted or <br />seeded within the state of Colorado on lands that you manage or control. The list of <br />species currently on the noxious weed list can be found at the following location: <br />http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Agriculture-Main/CDAG/1 174084048733 <br />The Committee has also been evaluating additional species for addition to the <br />regulatory list. In this process, Sweetclover ( elilQ tr „, =? sc alu?aled and was <br />Y >determined-to be a moderate risk tO F C0me)nvasive it wildIaild°settings the committee <br />is especially concerned about the potential for continued expansion and use of Yellow <br />and White Sweetclover in seed mixes, particularly in native rangelands. While these <br />species have benefits in agronomic settings, Sweetclover has become an issue with <br />restoration efforts by outcompeting native species the land manager is trying to <br />encourage. <br />Conservation Services Division <br />700 Kipling St., Ste. 4000, Lakewood, CO 80215-8000 ? 303-239-4100 ? 303-239-4125 Fax