Rest Areas and Roadside Facilities Maintenance

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Weeds and Roads

D. PolsterJ. Leekie

BC MoT

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Best Practices for Rest Area Maintenance

•Invasive Plants and Impacts

•The Contractor’s Role

•Best Practices

•Priority Plants

Overview

Dalmation Toadflax

Susan Turner, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Bugwood.org

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Definition

Invasive Plants

• Invasive plants are non-native plants thatcan cause significant damage.

• They spread very quickly, displacing and sometimes eliminating native plants

• They are sometimes called ‘noxious weeds’ Hound’s-tongue

L. Scott

Economic

•Agriculture and Ranching

•Tourism

•Transportation

Impacts

ElkPhoto: H. Schwartz, Bugwood.org

Scotch Broom

Environmental

•Reduced biodiversity

•Increased erosion and sedimentation

Impacts

Leafy Spurge

L.L. Berry, Bugwood.org

Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org

Your Role

Guidance Documents

•B.C. Weed Control Act

•Environmental Best Practices

•MoT Best Practices Guide

Your Role

What can you do to manage invasive plantsduring rest area and roadside facilities maintenance?

Your Role

Your Role

VIDEO CLIP

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What Should Have Happened Here?

Best Practices

BC MoTInvasive blueweed

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What’s Gone Wrong Here?

Best Practices

K. George Beck & James Sebastian, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Priority Plants within the District

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Plants of Concern

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For More Information…

Contact your local Regional Committee

Call 1-888-WEEDSBCVisit

www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca