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Impact Report

For plan Brush and Weed Control Education Program
Date December 5, 2007, 8:53 pm
For Objective Long-term Show long-term objectives
Impact Report Long term objectives accomplished to date: As more new technology and information becomes available and is adopted by land managers, overall range conditions will improve. D. Activities carried out to meet program goals and/or objectives. 1. Ten new demonstration/research trials were installed during 2006-2007. Three demonstrations were installed on prickly pear in Eddy County and one in Lea County. Three cholla trials were established in Guadalupe, Lea and Quay Counties. Two saltcedar trials were established in Eddy County. One mesquite trial was established in Eddy County. 2. Twelve existing demonstration/research trials were evaluated in 2006-2007. One aerial cholla trial was evaluated in Chaves County. One mesquite trial was evaluated in Eddy County. Four prickly pear trials were evaluated in Eddy and Lea Counties. Six cholla trials were evaluated in Guadalupe, Lea and Quay Counties. 3. The Brush and Weed Specialist was involved in planning and coordinating the 2007 New Mexico Vegetation Management Association annual meeting in Albuquerque. This Specialist served as program chair and local arrangements chair for the 2007 meeting. This Specialist attended 10 Board of Directors meetings. 4. The Brush and Weed Specialist provided technical proposal review assistance to the Claunch Pinto SWCD saltcedar management project. 5. This Specialist participated in the Saltcedar Bio-control Consortium meeting - presented information on New Mexico Legislature support of saltcedar management activities. 6. This Specialist participated in the Harding County Locoweed Field Day - provided information on locoweed control. 7. The Brush and Weed Specialist was invited to speak at the Four Corners Irrigation Workshop - provided information on saltcedar control. 8. The Brush and Weed Specialist was invited to speak at the Southwest Noxious Weed Short Course - presented two talks on brush and weed control and saltcedar management. 9. This Specialist provided information and training at the Guadalupe County pesticide training meeting. 10. The Brush and Weed Specialist participated in the two day BLM Rio Grande Saltcedar Project in Taos County - provided information on saltcedar, Russian olive and noxious weed management. 11. This Specialist co-hosted a University of Nebraska- Water Center tour of the southern Pecos River - provided information on saltcedar management and government and public participation in natural resource management. 12. The Brush and Weed Specialist co-hosted an Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell tour of southern New Mexico agriculture - provided information on southeast New Mexico agriculture and saltcedar management. 13. This Specialist attended the EDEN Animal Agro-security Conference. 14. This Specialist co-authored the publication: “Management of Saltcedar Re-growth with Carpet-roller Applied herbicides.” Jose G. Franco, Kirk C. McDaniel, Brent Tanzy and Keith W. Duncan. E. Resources obtained to meet program objectives: $15,000 grant from Dow AgroSciences F. Evaluation results reflective of objectives: Private landowners and state and federal land managers adapted new information and technology in 2006-2007. This is revealed by the fact that approximately 250,000 acres of New Mexico rangeland and riparian areas were treated during the year. Species in the brush and weed control programs include: Saltcedar, mesquite, creosote bush, tarbush, African rue, Russian knapweed, Russian olive, leafy spurge, woolly locoweed, big sagebrush, sand shinnery oak and scrub oak. In addition, approximately 20,000 acres of previously treated areas are currently in some stage of re-vegetation efforts.