[APWG] Fw: [Aliens-L] Off-road vehicles and spread of invasive plants

[Dave Skinner]

One paper that might be helpful is
Gelbard, Jonathan L., and Jayne Belnap.  2003.  Roads as Conduits for 
Exotic Plant Invasions in a Semiarid Landscape.  Conservation Biology 
17:420-432.

You can also access it online at 
http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/products/pdfs/Roads_as_conduits.pdf

Dave Skinner


At 07:02 AM 11/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marc Imlay" <ialm at erols.com>
>To: <aliens-l at indaba.iucn.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [Aliens-L] Off-road vehicles and spread of invasive plants
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>Equestrian trails, pedestrian trails, and ORV trails are a major source of
>invasive species. The most important item in the budget for new trails is to
>monitor and remove non-native invasive plants immediately to save
>expenditures of major mechanical and chemical resources in subsequent years.
>Monitoring and control is necessary in both Spring and Summer and will
>probably not require herbicides.  This maintenance work shall be continued
>by the contractor until the project is managed by subsequent management
>agencies.
>
>Hui o Laka at Kokee State Park, Hawaii
>Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed Society
>(301-699-6204, 301-283-0808)
>Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council,
>Vice president of the Maryland Native Plant Society,
>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee
>for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dawn Hanna" <dawnhanna at telus.net>
>To: <aliens-l at indaba.iucn.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:58 PM
>Subject: [Aliens-L] Off-road vehicles and spread of invasive plants
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>Hi all,
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>We here in British Columbia, Canada have been part of a coalition of
>organizations and government agencies putting together a series of
>recommendations towards legislation regarding off-road vehicle (ATVs,
>snowmobiles, dirt bikes) licensing and management on public lands.
>One of the  issues that has arisen, regarding the impact of off-road
>vehicles on public lands, is the spread of invasive plants. I'm hoping
>that some of you might be able to provide some info about any studies
>that have looked at the link between off-road vehicle use and the
>spread of invasives. Can you help?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dawn Hanna
>Executive director
>Outdoor Recreation Council of BC
>(604) 737-3058
>orc at intergate.ca
>www.orcbc.ca
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