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Impact Report

For plan Brush and Weed Control Education Program
Date January 5, 2011, 7:26 pm
For Objective Long-term Show long-term objectives
Impact Report 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. Twelve new demonstration/research trials were installed during 2009-2010. Six mesquite trials were established in Chaves, Donna Ana and Eddy Counties. One saltcedar trial was established in Sierra County. One sand sagebrush/broom snakeweed trial was established in Chaves County. Two sand shinnery oak trials were established in Chaves and Roosevelt Counties. One prickly pear trial was established in Quay County. One creosote bush trial was established in Eddy County. 2. Fourteen existing demonstration/research trials were evaluated in 2009-2010. Trials on mesquite, saltcedar, cholla, Russian olive, sand sagebrush and sand shinnery oak were evaluated in Chaves, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Sierra and Quay Counties. 3. The Brush and Weed Specialist was involved in planning and coordinating the 2009 and 2010 New Mexico Vegetation Management Association annual meeting in Albuquerque. The Specialist served as program chair and local arrangements chair. The Specialist attended 10 Board of Directors meetings. 4. The Brush and Weed Specialist was invited to speak at the Southwest Noxious Weed Short Course – presented two talks on brush control and saltcedar control. 5. The Brush and Weed Specialist provided information on brush and weed control at meetings in Colfax, Quay, Sierra and Union Counties. 6. This Specialist participated in a data review and research planning meeting in Uvalde, TX held by herbicide industry personnel. 7. The Brush and Weed Specialist participated in a mesquite field tour to educate NRCS/BLM personnel on aerial applications of herbicides to mesquite. 8. This Specialist served as Chair of the Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee. He also served on the college wide Promotion and Tenure Committee. 9. This Specialist served as Chair of the Search Committee for the new Range Specialist. 10. Revisions of two publications were completed in 2009-2010. Juniper Control with Individual Plant Treatments and Mesquite Control: Aeiral Application were revised. E. Resources obtained to meet program objectives F. Evaluation results reflective of objectives Private landowners and state and federal land managers adapted new information and technology in 2009-2010. This is revealed by the fact that approximately 750,000 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 and sand shinnery oak.