Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: 2016 summary report
DeKraai J and Balkam N. 2016. Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: 2016 summary report. Natural Resource Report. NPS/WRST/NRR—2016/1362. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report summarizes work conducted by the Exotic Plant Management Team (EPMT) in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) during the 2016 field season. This summer marked the twelfth consecutive year WRST staff have inventoried and controlled invasive plants in the park, preserve and adjoining gateway communities. The 2016 WRST EPMT consisted of two National Park Service (NPS) Biological Science Technicians and two CLM (Chicago Botanic Garden Conservation and Land Management) interns stationed at Park Headquarters in Copper Center. Field work was focused on the following objectives: Monitor and control known infestations; survey for and document new infestations; and prevent the spread of invasive species through NPS activities. A total of 280.2 acres were surveyed by EPMT staff during the 2016 field season, of which a total of 14.8 acres were found to be infested. Of the 14.8 infested acres, a total of 10.4 acres were treated by means of manual and chemical control. In total, 31 invasive species were documented by the WRST EPMT in 2016. Throughout the season, seed from 23 native plant species was collected with a combined weight of 35.1 pounds.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- DeKraai, Jacob; Balkam, Natalie
- Date of Issue
- 2016-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NRSS , WRST
- Keywords
- Alaska Region, alsike clover, annual bluegrass, big chickweed, Canada thistle, common dandelion, common eyebright, common lambsquarter, common plantain, common tansy, common timothy, creeping buttercup, EPMT, Exotic Plant, flixweed, Management, narrowleaf hawksbeard, National Park, oxeye daisy, pineapple weed, Preserve, quackgrass, red catchfly, shepherd's purse, tall buttercup, white clover, white sweetclover, Wrangell-St. Elias, WRST, yellow alfalfa, yellow sweetclover, yellow toadflax
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants
Series
See also
- Exotic plant management at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: summer 2004 field season report.
- Exotic Plant Management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2005 Field Season Report.
- Exotic Plant Management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2006 Field Season Report
- Exotic Plants in Alaska National Parks: 2003 Field Season Report
- Invasive and exotic species management for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: 2009 Summary report.
- Invasive plant management for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2010 Summary report
- Invasive Plant Management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2007 Field Report
- Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2011 summary report
- Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2012 summary report
- Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2013 Summary report
- Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2014 summary report
- Invasive plant management in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: 2015 summary report
- Invasive Plant Management Program, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve: 2008 Seasonal Report