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

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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.