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Noxious Weed Awareness Week
June 2-8, 2024
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Revegetation and Native Plants
Revegetation is an important tool for integrated noxious weed management as it helps degraded plant communities recover after disturbances. Weed control without revegetation can be short-lived if desired plants are not available to occupy open spaces created after weeds are killed. Establishing desired species that meet land management goals and compete with re-invading weeds is critical for long-term weed management.
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Revegetation Guidelines: Considering Invasive and Noxious Weeds
Revegetation can help degraded plant communities recover after disturbance. Disturbances can be natural, such as floods and fires, or human-caused, such as roads and construction sites, overgrazing, and even weed control activities. Disturbed areas may recover naturally, but in some cases, it may be many years before a desired plant community becomes established or recovers. Some areas may never naturally recover, and invasive and noxious weeds may establish first and prevent desired plants from re-establishing. Read more here...
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New plant nursery offering better options for spring gardening in Missoula |
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MISSOULA — With the gardening season around the corner, a new plant nursery in the Rattlesnake is hoping Missoulians rely on native plants for their landscaping.
Montana Plants opened to the public for the first time on April 6 as part of a local push to plant native plants in gardens and yards.
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The MT Native Seed Network
As a eco-regional production hub for The National Seed Strategy, The Montana Native Seed Network brings together public and private conservation practitioners that are working in the native seed industry. Through partnerships genetically-rich \ eco-type seed is derived from wild plant populations and produced on a largescale at The Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery in Missoula. This seed is accessible to all partners and customers to restore and enhance ecosystems throughout Montana.
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Creating Native Landscapes in The Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
Whether you’re a newcomer to the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains or you just want fresh, new landscaping ideas, this booklet will help you select and grow native plants that are naturally adapted and will thrive for years under our extreme environmental conditions. The goal of this booklet is to provide an overview of native landscaping principles and practices. It integrates the principles of several conservation initiatives such as reduced water, energy, and chemical usage; wildlife habitat enhancement; and invasive weed management. Native plant, in the context of this booklet, means native to the United States. Continue reading...
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