Invasive plant management for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2010 Summary report.
Dates
Year
2011
Citation
Lain, AnnMarie, Liette, Nicole M., and Terwilliger, Miranda L. N., 2011, Invasive plant management for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2010 Summary report. : National Park Service: Fort Collins, Colorado, v. NPS/WRST/NRDS—2011/128, 43 pages-43 pages.
Summary
This report describes the work performed by the Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve during the 2010 season. Six Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team staff members were stationed at Park Headquarters in Copper Center while working at various locations within the park and preserve. Invasive plant inventories and treatments occurred around the following locations: along the McCarthy and Nabesna roads, along the Copper, Chitina, and Nizina rivers, at other locations in the Copper Basin, and at several backcountry destinations within park lands. Invasive plant infestations were mapped using Trimble GeoXT units and manual weeding was performed with the help of volunteers, a Southeast Alaska [...]
Summary
This report describes the work performed by the Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve during the 2010 season. Six Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team staff members were stationed at Park Headquarters in Copper Center while working at various locations within the park and preserve. Invasive plant inventories and treatments occurred around the following locations: along the McCarthy and Nabesna roads, along the Copper, Chitina, and Nizina rivers, at other locations in the Copper Basin, and at several backcountry destinations within park lands. Invasive plant infestations were mapped using Trimble GeoXT units and manual weeding was performed with the help of volunteers, a Southeast Alaska Guidance Association crew, Youth Conservation Corps interns, Student Conservation Association interns, and seasonal National Park Service employees. Data was edited and analyzed using GPS Pathfinder Office and ArcGIS. A total of 304 bags were filled with pulled weeds, an increase of 117 bags from 2009. Weed bags were burned in the gravel pit south of the administrative building at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Headquarters. Four new invasive plant species were detected this year. Gross park managed acres treated increased to 18 acres in 2010, from 8 acres in 2009. A total of 804 park managed acres and 653 acres of non-park lands were surveyed in 2010. These results indicate that stationing the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Exotic Plant Management Team program in Copper Center to work as a united group has had a positive effect on the program.
