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• Hawaii, Nevada, and Wyoming DOTs collaborate with the state DOAs and Invasive Species Councils to handle high-risk invasives or administer noxious weed control programs on ROWs and perform work through local weed and pest districts. These approaches may vary by district.
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. Design and Project Development Staff Design staff is involved in invasive species prevention and control efforts in 58% of responding DOTs such as: • Design and specification of seed mixes (Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, and Nebraska)
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Management, when appropriate, reiterates the need for funding to help control these invasive plants." Top management support of initiatives at WSDOT has helped drive invasive species control. At WisDOT, for several years, the Central Office Bureau of Highway Operations sponsored a budget initiative that allotted $400,000 to supplement the funds that each district budgeted for noxious weed control.
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• Decision making and planning needs to be at a director's level or higher. • Determining actual harm to human health, natural areas, native plant communities, or economic considerations in state ROW from invasive species to influence decision makers.
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• Having someone in each district whose position is devoted to vegetation management. • Incentives and educational programs to the adjacent land owners; grants or additional budget items to control invasive plants on private land.
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State Invasive Species Councils or Task Forces Are Most Common Partnership The most common DOT partnerships for invasive species control are DOT participation on State Invasive Species Councils/Task Forces or state noxious weed committees (25 DOTs, 63% of total responding)
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WYDOT and NDOT administer noxious weed control programs on ROWs through their state DOAs and perform work through local weed and pest districts. Maryland State Highway Administration, New Hampshire DOT, and ODOT also work with their state DOAs to have them review and treat the ROW.
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Partnerships with Weed Management Areas or Districts Some agencies, such as Arizona DOT, rely extensively on weed management districts or areas and cite work with 74 these entities as one of their most effective strategies for controlling invasive species. One reason supplied was the DOT's "lack of funding, resources, and commitment." Caltrans, for example, relies on local WMAs to identify areas of focus so that limited resources can be combined.
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Considering and Incorporating Local Weed Lists States or other areas with diverse climates and geology often require local lists of invasive species. DOTs had a number of suggestions for how to consider and incorporate local weed lists without getting bogged down: • Prioritize.
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• Research funding of biological control for various invasive species (California)
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On occasion, NYSDOT has obtained written landowner releases to control invasive plant populations that have spread beyond the DOT ROW. Not having up-to-date statewide invasive species inventory information limits the prioritization of management activities by NYSDOT because coordination with control efforts by others adjacent or nearby to ROW is hampered.
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DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION LESSONS LEARNED REGARDING INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND OWNERSHIP DOTs use internal meetings, internal training, attendance at conferences, communication and networking within and outside the agency, e-mail, phone calls, interdisciplinary working groups, and partnerships with others to share lessons learned within and beyond the DOT regarding invasive species control. Other mechanisms include: • Annual Vegetation Management Classes/Conference conducted by the DOT, often the Maintenance Bureau (Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Texas)
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. • Include project development, design, construction, maintenance, management, and/or planning in invasive species control training courses (Arizona)
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PUBLIC OUTREACH Educating range managers, landowners, workers on the land, and the general public about their role in monitoring and controlling the problem increases the success of a vegetation management program. A successful plan to address invasive species issues depends on the public's understanding and acceptance of the actions needed to protect our valuable resources.
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• The Wildland Invasive Species Program offers decision makers years of land management experience regarding problem plants, control methods, an adaptable power point presentation, a press release template, and ways to utilize volunteers. • Invasives on the Web includes an interactive map showing invasive plants specific to different regions, a large library of information on controlling invasive plants in your garden, and an extensive photo gallery of invasive species.
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It promotes the sharing of information among network members, research into plant biology and management techniques, alternatives to invasive species still in use, and provides a clearinghouse and referral system for information. 82 • The New England Wildflower Society -- the oldest plant conservation organization in the United States, promoting the conservation of temperate North American plants through programs in conservation, education, research, and horticulture.
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