Exotic Plant Management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2006 Field Season Report
Dates
Year
2006
Citation
Gilmore, Lil, 2006, Exotic Plant Management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2006 Field Season Report: : Copper Center, Alaska, p. 16-16.
Summary
This report describes the 2006 exotic plant management program at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Previous inventories of non-native plants were conducted in 2004 and 2005 on Park lands and the access roads into and surrounding the Park/Preserve. In 2005, funding for a seasonal technician was provided by the Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service to implement a monitoring and eradication program in the Park. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest park in the National Park system. It covers more than 13 million acres and is part of the largest protected ecosystem on the planet. Two roads and numerous off-road vehicle trails provide access into the Park/Preserve. The roads and trails [...]
Summary
This report describes the 2006 exotic plant management program at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Previous inventories of non-native plants were conducted in 2004 and 2005 on Park lands and the access roads into and surrounding the Park/Preserve. In 2005, funding for a seasonal technician was provided by the Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service to implement a monitoring and eradication program in the Park. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest park in the National Park system. It covers more than 13 million acres and is part of the largest protected ecosystem on the planet. Two roads and numerous off-road vehicle trails provide access into the Park/Preserve. The roads and trails contribute to disturbances of the native groundcover and create areas suitable for colonization by invasive plants. Landing strips and abandoned homesites also offer disturbed soil where invasive plants can easily become established. In-holders grow non-native plants for food and ornamental value. Some of these plants have escaped cultivation.