• Introduction
• Evaluating the potential for natural recovery
  • Burn severity & plant survival
  • Noxious weed cover & survival
• Revegetating with competitive plants
  • When revegetation is necessary
  • Formulating a Seed Mix
  • Things to consider
• Establishing competitive plants
• Managing competitive plants
• Integrated Weed Management
• Preventing noxious weeds
• Eradicating small weed patches
• Managing large weed infestations
  • Mechanical control
  • Chemical control
    • Timing & placement
  • Cultural control
  • Biological control
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Developing a burned-area IWM plan
• Summary
• Sources and Credits
• Additional Resources
• Interactive Exercises

Rangeland Weed Management - Additional Resources

Selected MSU Extension Publications

For the following selected MSU Extension publications, go to
http://www.montana.edu/publications

• “Biocontrol of spotted knapweed” MT199915AG
• “Leafy Spurge: Ecology, Biology & Management” EB0134
• “Soil, plant and water analytical laboratories for Montana agriculture” EB150
• “Monitoring Montana Rangeland” 2B0369
• “Montana’s noxious weeds” EB159
• “Mowing to manage noxious weeds” MT200104AG
• “Oxeye daisy” MT200002AG
• “Preventing noxious weed invasion” MT199517AG
• “Rangeland weed management” MT199504AG
• “Revegetating weed-infested rangelands with a single field entry” MT199912

Additional Reading

• Carpinelli, M. 2000. “Designing weed resistant plant communities by maximizing niche occupation and resource capture.” Ph.D. diss., Montana State University, Bozeman.

• Hansen, R. 1993. “Effects of Aphthona flea beetles and sheep grazing in leafy spurge stands.” Proc. 1993 Leafy Spurge Symposium, Silvercreek, Colo.

• Glimp, H.A. 1988. “Multi-species grazing and marketing.” Rangelands 10:275-78.

• McGinnies, W. J. 1987. “Effects of hay and straw mulches on the establishment of seeded grasses and legumes on rangeland and a coal strip mine.” J. Range Manage. 40(2):119-121.

• Rice, P. and R. Sacco. 1995. “Spotted knapweed response to burning, a brief review.” Unpublished report.

• Sheley, R. and B. Roché. 1982. “Rehabilitation of spotted knapweed infested noxious in northeastern Washington.” Abstr. of Papers. Denver: W. Soc. Weed Sci.

• Sheley, R.L. and J.K. Petroff (eds.). 1999. Biology and management of noxious rangeland weeds. Corvallis: Oregon State Univ. Press.

• USDA Forest Service. 2000. “A preliminary assessment of the extent and effects of the 2000 fires, Intermountain and Northern Regions.”