Invasive species management for Katmai National Park & Preserve, Alagnak Wild River, and Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve: 2016 summary report

DeVries CA and Zampieri NE. 2016. Invasive species management for Katmai National Park & Preserve, Alagnak Wild River, and Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve: 2016 summary report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KATM/NRR—2016/1349. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado

2016 was the seventh season that the Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team (EPMT) protocol was followed to survey and control invasive plants in Katmai National Park & Preserve (KATM). Field work was focused on surveying new remote sites, controlling invasive plants in high traffic areas, and forming partnerships with lodges within KATM that will allow control work to be carried out on their private inholdings. New sites surveyed this year included American Creek and Battle River, along with expansions to previous surveys in many locations. A partnership with local Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) also allowed the EPMT to assist with an invasive plant problem in the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. Manual and chemical treatments were carried out to control larger infestations at Brooks Camp, Fure’s Cabin, Nonvianuk Ranger Cabin, Grosvenor Lodge, and Battle River Wilderness Retreat. Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) infestations at Brooks Camp, Fure’s Cabin, Nonvianuk Ranger Cabin and Battle River Wilderness Retreat were treated with Milestone herbicide. Manual treatment remains the standard for all other invasive plant species in the park. Water samples were collected this year to test for the presence of the aquatic invasive Elodea through environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis in high use bodies of water in the park. Katmai National Park remains one of the most pristine areas in the National Park system, with healthy, intact ecosystems and very few invasive plant species. Continued monitoring, control work, education, and outreach are essential to the continued preservation of this wild, beautiful park.

Type
Published Report
Authors
DeVries, Christine; Zampieri, Nicole
Date of Issue
2016-12
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
AKEPMT , ALAG , ANIA , KATM , NRSS
Keywords
ALAG, Alagnak Wild River, Alaska, Allium schoenoprasum, alsike clover, ANIA, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Cerastium fontanum, common chickweed, common dandelion, common plantain, curly dock, EPMT, exotic plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, Hieracium umbellatum, Johnny jumpup, KATM, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Leucanthemum vulgare, management, mouse-ear chickweed, narrowleaf hawksbeard, orange hawkweed, oxeye daisy, Plantago major, Polygonum aviculare, prostrate knotweed, Rumec crispus, Rumex acetosella, scentless false mayweed, sheep sorrel, shepherd's purse, Stellaria media, Trarxacum officinale ssp. officinale, Trfolium hybridum, Trifolium repens, Tripleurospermum inodurum, Viola tricolor, White Clover, Wild Chives
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants

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