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County weed staff treating Scotch broom near Coldwater Lake, Mt. St. Helens

News from the Weed World

County Weed Control Board to Hold Public Hearing for 2012 Weed List
The annual Skamania County Noxious Weed List Public Hearing will be held on March 6 at 10 am located at 704-a SW Rock Creek Drive in the Noxious Weed Program Office. The purpose of this hearing is to review and adopt the 2012 Washington State Noxious Weed List. The public is invited to comment about the county noxious weed priorities and list, either at the meeting or ahead of time by email to bush@co.skamania.wa.us or mailing Justin Bush, PO Box 790, Stevenson, WA 98648. A complete list of 2012 list changes is available here.

2012 Invasive Species & Exotic Pest Workshop

On behalf of the Columbia Gorge Cooperative Weed Management Area, Skamania County and Washington State University Extension are pleased to host the first annual CG-CWMA invasive species and pest workshop in Stevenson, WA on March 29th.

Mark your calendars, this will be an excellent event. Topics include:
- New invasives on the horizon: ID and treatment methods
- Integrated rangeland management & weed control
- Exotic pest identification and early detection
- Biocontrol: Alternative treatment methods and new agents
- IPM strategies for weeds and pests
- New topics in weed management and applications

Please save the date for this excellent regional workshop.
To register, please review and print this registration form.

2011 Programmatic Report

The Skamania County Noxious Weed Program works hard to protect land and ecosystems throughout the County. Please have a look at what our staff accomplished last year in our factsheet or full annual report. Thank  you to our Commissioners, Board, staff and citizens of Skamania County. We’re all looking forward to accomplishing even more in 2012.

Take action and get involved!

The Skamania County Noxious Weed Control Program has many activities throughout the year in which you could be involved. Activities range from weed identification and mapping courses, to herbicide workshops and habitat enhancement/conservation work parties. Please email weeds@co.skamania.wa.us if you’d like to become involved and let us know your interests so that we can tailor our events to you!

Study reveals that logging debris suppresses development of… Scotch broom

Researchers conducted studies in which different methods of removing logging debris and their effects on the 5-year survival and growth of planted Douglas-fir seedlings at logging sites near Matlock, Washington and Mollalla, Oregon.

Among other things, invasive plants such as Scotch broom and Himalayan blackberry were the first colonizers in areas where debris were burned or removed. Also, seedling survival decreased as much as 30%. In the areas where debris were dispersed and not piled or removed, survivability was higher and invasives were less present.

For more information, please reference the full article here.