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Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan for Appendix B.the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Report

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Integrated Weed Management Plan for the Navajo Nation

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Scoping Report

April 2013

Prepared for:

Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Regional Office

Gallup, NM 87305

Prepared by:

Fred Phillips Consulting, LLC 401 South Leroux St. Flagstaff, AZ 86004

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Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1

1.1 Purpose of Scoping ..................................................................................................1

2.0 Project Overview .................................................................................................................1

2.1 Project Background ..................................................................................................1

2.2 Draft Purpose and Need of the Project ....................................................................2

2.3 Location ...................................................................................................................3

2.4 Alternatives Introduced at Scoping ..........................................................................3

2.5 Cooperating Agencies ..............................................................................................4

3.0 Scoping Meetings.................................................................................................................4

3.1 Notice of Intent ........................................................................................................4

3.2 Scoping Meeting Schedule ......................................................................................4

3.3 Public Notification and Advertisement ....................................................................5

3.4 Scoping Meeting Format and Content .....................................................................6

4.0 Scoping Comment Summaries .............................................................................................7

4.1 Removal Methods ....................................................................................................7

4.1.1 Biological Control ........................................................................................7

4.1.2 Chemical Control .........................................................................................8

4.1.3 Mechanical Control ......................................................................................8

4.1.4 Cultural Control ...........................................................................................8

4.1.5 Integrated Weed Control ..............................................................................9

4.1.6 General Comments on Control Methods .....................................................9

4.2 Alternatives .............................................................................................................9

4.3 Priority Sites for Weed Control ............................................................................10

4.4 Re-planting/Restoring Sites after Weed Removal Treatments ..............................11

4.5 Soil Erosion and Disturbance .................................................................................11

4.6 Education and Public Outreach ..............................................................................11

4.7 Priority Weed Species ............................................................................................12

4.8 Economic Concerns ...............................................................................................12

4.9 Climate Change ......................................................................................................13

4.10 Policy Concerns .....................................................................................................13

4.11 Maintenance and Monitoring .................................................................................13

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4.12 Cooperative Agencies ............................................................................................13

4.13 Other Comments Relating to the EIS .....................................................................14

4.14 Non-EIS Scoping Comments .................................................................................14

Tables

Table 1. List of 21 species of priority weeds for control on the Navajo Nation ..............................2

Table 2. Scoping meeting locations, dates and times for the February and March scoping meetings ...........................................................................................................................................5

Appendices

Appendix A. Notice of Intent and the Notice to Extend the Scoping Period ................................15

Appendix B. Newspaper advertisement for the initial scoping meeting locations, dates and times ...............................................................................................................................................19

Appendix C. Public flyer announcing the scoping meetings .........................................................22

Appendix D. Public service announcement in newspapers and radio for the extended scoping period .............................................................................................................................................24

Appendix E. Public flyer announcing the extended scoping meetings ..........................................32

Appendix F. Scoping meeting sign-in sheet ..................................................................................34

Appendix G. Scoping meeting agenda ...........................................................................................36

Appendix H. Poster displays hung in meeting locations ...............................................................38

Appendix I. Scoping presentation ..................................................................................................43

Appendix J. Comment Card ...........................................................................................................75

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1.0 Introduction��The Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region proposes to authorize new treatments of weed infestations spread across the Navajo Indian Reservation and to develop an Integrated Weed Management Plan. The BIA selected 21 priority noxious and invasive weed species that occur within the project area. These weed infestations range in size from single plants to a single species covering several thousand acres. The various methods to be analyzed in the integrated weed management plan include: mechanical (clipping, mowing, tilling, bulldozing, steaming, and burning); cultural control (grazing by livestock, fertilization, seeding or planting of competitive plants, and use of weed seed-free seed mixes, mulches and ballast); biological (approved insects or plant pathogens); and chemical (approved herbicides).

As part of the environmental review process, the BIA held public scoping meetings to obtain public, stakeholder and cooperating agency input required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. This scoping report summarizes comments, feedback, and input received prior to the close of scoping on March 20, 2013 for the development of the Integrated Weed Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement.

1.1� Purpose�of�Scoping��

The Council on Environmental Quality Regulations at 40 CFR 1501.7 requires an early and open process to determine the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to a proposed action. This process is termed “scoping.” The scoping process is used to learn the concerns of individuals, groups, and agencies about a proposed project. Scoping is an integral part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process because it allows interested parties an opportunity to help develop a list of issues to be discussed in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Bureau of Indian Affairs NEPA handbook, 30 BIAM Supplement 1, paragraph 6.3B, identifies that the preparation of an EIS begins with the scoping process. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS is required to include the public notice for the scoping process.

2.0 �Project�Overview��2.1 Project�Background�

Exotic weed infestations have become an increasing problem on the Navajo Nation. Weeds have been introduced through a variety of methods, with the primary vectors of introduction being weed hay, grain, and seed; construction of roads; transport by livestock and wildlife; contaminated vehicles; and disturbance from infrastructure development. Weed expansion causes a decline in quality grazing habitat, decreases in property values, and declines in wildlife habitat quality.

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2.2 Draft�Purpose�and�Need�of�the�Project�

The purpose of this project is to contain and control, eradicate, and prevent weed infestations within the project area. The desired goal is to prevent new weed species from becoming established, to contain and control the spread of 11 known invasive species, and to eradicate 10 species that occur in a limited range but have the potential to increase in density and threaten biological diversity within the project area (Table 1). Controlling these invasive plants will help improve rangeland and agricultural land health by improving the growth of native forbs and grasses for the benefit of subsistence ranching and farming, increasing the diversity of native riparian trees and understory species in riparian corridors, preventing additional weed infestations to unaffected land and property, and maintaining and improving wildlife habitat. While noxious weeds have been documented throughout the project area, few areas have been inventoried and mapped. Therefore, weed inventory and mapping will be conducted concurrently with implementation of this plan to identify existing weed populations within the project area.

High Priority –A RATINGCommon Name Management StrategyLeafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Prevent/Eradicate Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Eradicate Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Eradicate Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) Eradicate Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) Eradicate Perennial pepperweed (Lepidum latifolium) Eradicate Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) Eradicate Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) Eradicate Whitetop (Hoary Cress) (Cardaria draba) Eradicate Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) Eradicate Camelthorn (Alhagi camelorum) Contain & Control Tamarisk, Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) Contain & Control Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) Contain & Control Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) Contain & Control Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) Contain & Control Medium Priority- B Rating Field Sandbur (Cenchrus incertus) Contain & ControlHalogeton (Halogeton glomeratus) Contain & ControlLow Priority- C Rating Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Contain & Control Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) Contain & Control Jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) Contain & Control Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) Contain & Control

Table 1. List of 21 species of priority weeds for control on the Navajo Nation. High Priority Weeds (A Rating) have an imminent potential for wide spread expansion. Medium Priority Weeds (B Rating) may occur in isolated

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patches and are not as a serious problem as the high priority weeds. Low Priority Weeds (C Rating) are wide-spread and well established.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region has currently controlled almost 17,000 acres of exotic weed infested areas using various methods of control. With the current spread of exotic weeds across the Navajo Nation there is a need for federal funding to continue and expand these weed removal efforts. This EIS and Weed Management Plan is the first step in obtaining funding and resources to implement exotic weed removal projects using various control methods.

The BIA Navajo Region proposes to authorize new treatments for weed infestations on every acre of the Navajo Indian Reservation using any of the proposed methods. The annual combination of methods used would vary depending on site conditions, target weed species, population size, and cost. Repeated treatments or re-treatments would be necessary for most weed species because seeds in the soil can be viable for 10 years or more and many of these invasive weeds have aggressive root systems that are hard to kill after one treatment. Therefore, recurring actions would be authorized until the desired control objective is reached.

�2.3 Project�Location��The action area includes all land within Navajo Indian Reservation, including Navajo Indian Allotments, within Coconino, Navajo, and Apache Counties – Arizona, McKinley, San Juan, McGill, and Cibola, Counties - New Mexico, and San Juan County – Utah. The Navajo Region is approximately 27,000 square miles including the Navajo Partitioned Lands of 910,834 acres with five agencies: Fort Defiance Agency of 3.2 million Acres (Fort Defiance, AZ), Central Navajo Agency of 1.7 million acres (Chinle, AZ), Eastern Navajo Agency of 1.2 million acres (Crownpoint, NM), Western Navajo Agency of 5.4 million acres (Tuba City, AZ), and Northern Navajo Agency of 2.7 million acres (Shiprock, NM). ��2.4 Alternatives�Introduced�at�Scoping��There were three alternatives that were presented by the BIA during scoping. Input received during the scoping period, including comments related to the alternatives listed below, will be considered by the BIA in determining the characteristics and the range of the alternatives when they are prepared for the EIS.

Alternative 1. The Preferred Action Alternative 1 would authorize new treatments of noxious weeds across the Navajo Nation. The various methods analyzed under an integrated weed treatment approach include: manual, mechanical, cultural, biological and chemical. Under the preferred action every acre on the Navajo Nation will be evaluated for all proposed weed control methods.

Alternative 2. No Action Alternative

The No Action Alternative is required by law (Code of Federal Regulations 1502.8) and would call for no additional Integrated Weed Management treatments applied to any Navajo Nation lands.

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Alternative 3. No Chemical Method Alternative

Alternative 3 would rely on all treatment methods for noxious weed removal except for chemical.

�2.5 Cooperating�Agencies�

�A cooperating agency is any federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved in a proposed action. For this proposed project the following agencies have agreed to be cooperating agencies: Navajo Nation, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Park Service, and Soil Water Conservation District (SWCD).��� �3.0 Scoping�Meetings�

�The BIA held public scoping meetings during February 5-12 and March 11-15, 2013 regarding the preparation of the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan (IWMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Below is a summary of the procedure and events that occurred during the scoping process. �3.1 Notice�of�Intent�

The BIA informed agencies and the public about the IWMP/EIS and solicited their comments to identify issues and questions to consider when developing the integrated weed management plan. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare the programmatic EIS for the Navajo Nation IWMP was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2013 (Vol. 78, No. 9) with a 45-day comment period as required by NEPA. The original close of scoping date ended on February 27, 2013.However, the scoping period was extended after receiving several comments from the public and stakeholders requesting an extension to allow for additional public scoping meetings and more advertising. The Notice to Extend the Scoping Period to prepare the programmatic EIS for the Navajo Nation IWMP was published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 8, 2013 (Vol. 78, No. 4) with the end of the scoping comment period to close on March 20, 2013. Copies of the NOI and the Notice to Extend the Scoping Period can be found in Appendix A.

3.2 Scoping�Meeting�Schedule��Scoping meetings were conducted at five locations during the initial scoping period and six more meetings were added during the extended scoping period. Two of the additional six meetings were presented at District Grazing Meetings by BIA Weed Coordinators, and were not advertised. The location, dates and times are listed below in Table 2.

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Initial Scoping Schedule Extended Scoping Schedule

Crownpoint, NM Chapter House February 5, 2013 5:00 – 7:00 pm MST

Round Rock, AZ Chapter House District 11 Grazing Meeting March 4, 2013 11:00 am DST

Shiprock, NM Chapter House February 6, 2013 5:00 - 7:00 pm MST

Nazalini, AZ Chapter House District 10 Grazing Meeting March 5, 2013

Chinle, AZ Chapter House February 7, 2013 1:00 – 5:00 pm MST

Navajo Nation Museum Highway 264 and Loop Road Window Rock, AZ 86515 March 11, 2013 12:00 – 3:00 pm DST

Fort Defiance, AZ Chapter House February 8, 2013 9:00 am – 12:00 pm MST

Kayenta, AZ Chapter House March 13, 2013 10:00 am – 1:00 pm DST

Tuba City, AZ Chapter House February 12, 2013 3:00 – 6:00 pm MST

Pinon, AZ Chapter House March 14, 2013 10:00 am – 2:00 pm DST

Many Farms, AZ Chapter House March 15, 2013 1:00 – 5:00 pm DST

Table 2. Scoping meeting locations, dates and times for the February and March scoping meetings.

3.3 Public�Notification�and�Advertisement��During the scoping period, the commencement of the IWMP/EIS was announced through various forms of public outlet. The initial scoping meeting locations, dates and times were published in the printed and online events calendars of the following newspapers and radio stations from February 4 - 8, 2013 (Appendix B): Also, emails announcing the public meetings were sent to the Navajo Nation Chapter Houses and Cooperating Agencies.

� Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff

� Navajo-Hopi Observer

� Farmington Daily Times

� Durango Herald

� East Valley Tribune News

� Albuquerque Journal

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� KNAU (http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/knau/events.eventsmain)

Public flyers announcing the meetings were also placed in public locations around the towns where the scoping meetings were held one week prior to the meeting date (Appendix C). Also, the meeting location and times were published on the BIA Navajo Region website, http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/RegionalOffices/Navajo/index.htm.

The meetings held during the extended scoping period were published as a public service announcement in the following newspapers during the dates listed (Appendix D):

� Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff (March 11-15, 2013)

� Farmington Daily Times (March 11-15, 2013)

� Navajo Times (March 14, 2013)

� Cortez Journal (March 12 and 14, 2013)

� Durango Herald (March 11 – 15, 2013)

� Durango Telegraph (March 14 – 15, 2013)

� Albuquerque Journal (March 12 – 15, 2013)

� Gallup Independent (March 11 – 15, 2013)

Also, radio announcements on KTNN discussing the project, scoping meeting locations, dates, and times were aired three times per day from March 10 – 14, 2013. Public flyers announcing the meetings were distributed and posted in public locations in the towns where the public scoping meetings were held one week prior to the meeting date (Appendix E).

3.4 Scoping�Meeting�Format�and�Content��Each scoping meeting was initiated with a sign-in sheet at the door or at a key access point to the seating locations. Along with the sign-in sheet, participants were encouraged to fill out a name tag and take a scoping meeting agenda and comment card. A copy of the sign-in sheet is located in Appendix F and the meeting agenda in Appendix G. The local Weed Coordinator for the area’s BIA Agency gave an introduction to the project, introduced the consultants and key BIA personnel, described the presentation format, invited people to visit the poster displays, and requested that everyone fill out a comment card and/or voice their comments. Four poster displays were hung in the meeting locations that outlined the integrated weed management plan and EIS and provided information on the 21 priority weed species (Appendix H). A voice-over presentation discussing the development of the EIS and the Integrated Weed Management Plan, including the aspects of NEPA, was presented initially in Navajo and again in English. A PDF of the presentation is located in Appendix I. The two presentations lasted approximately one hour and 45 minutes. After the presentations finished, a question-and-answer session was held for the public.

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The public could provide comments on the Integrated Weed Management Plan through various mechanisms. A Navajo Translator was present at each meeting to transcribe comments given in Navajo to English on the comment cards. Comment cards were distributed to the public when they entered the meeting to fill out and submit at the meeting or by mail to the following address:

Renee BenallyActing Navajo Region Weed CoordinatorWestern Navajo AgencyBranch of Natural Resources P.O. Box 127Tuba City, AZ 86045

Comment cards were designed to direct participants to provide substantive comments on specific areas of the Integrated Weed Management Plan and EIS (Appendix J). There was also an area for other concerns and comments. The focal areas included: proposed weed removal methods, priority sites for weed management, alternatives, concerns, and other. Verbal comments were accepted, and were not recorded verbatim, but notes were taken to summarize the speakers’ comments and statements. Comments were also accepted by Renee Benally via phone, email and fax from January 14- March 20, 2013. A total of 129 people attended as least one of the eleven public scoping meetings during the Scoping Period.

4.0 Scoping�Comment�Summaries�

This section provides an overview of the comments received during the scoping period for the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan. Comments were categorized and separated by major issues raised by members of the public or government agencies in the scoping process.Specific issues and questions are discussed in each section and will be further addressed in the EIS. General comments, concerns, and questions not falling within one of the major issues identified, or comments that do not pertain to the scope of the EIS were not included, which is further discussed in section “4.13. Non-EIS Scoping Comments.” A total of 45 comments were received, including: 31 written comments, 12 verbal comments, one email comment, and one fax.

4.1 Removal�Methods��4.1.1 Biological�control��Biological control is a method of controlling pests (i.e. invasive plants) by using living organisms. In the case of invasive plant control several living organisms have been identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), including mites, beetles, fungus, wasps, flies, moths, nematodes, and rusts. Several comments discussed interest and concern over bio-control, including:

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� One commenter was interested in learning what kind of bio-control would work with different weed species.

� Two commenters were concerned about bio-control agents being difficult to eradicate after the host plant is exterminated and if they will need to do additional treatments to eradicate the bio-control agent.

� One commenter was concerned about bio-control agents being safe around livestock, farmlands, and horticulture.

4.1.2 Chemical�Control��Chemical control will include using various approved herbicides for treatment of noxious weed species. Several commenters discussed their concerns over the effectiveness of chemical treatments and concern over the effects of chemicals on the community, other plants, and livestock. Another comment addressed elderly traditional concerns with chemical treatments. Other comments on chemical control included:

� Two commenters wanted to know what time of year was best for chemical treatment.

� One commenter inquired about how long after an application of chemical treatments could the area be used for grazing.

� One commenter was interested in the lingering effects of chemical control.

� One commenter was concerned about the effects on underground water contamination from chemical use.

4.1.3 Mechanical�Control���Mechanical control refers to the removal or cutting of weeds either by hand or through the use of mechanical tools such as mowers, bulldozers, loppers, etc. Mechanical methods can either trim the above ground portions of the weeds or involve the removal of the entire plant, including the below ground root system. Comments pertaining to mechanical control include:

� One commenter discussed their concern over the effectiveness of digging up weed species, since their experience showed that the weeds re-sprouted after digging.

� One commenter suggested that weeds should be burned in early spring because of the Navajo culture. They had concern over burning ants, lizards, snakes, and spiders.

� One commenter suggested using sheep to control weeds as a better alternative to chemical treatment.

4.1.4 Cultural�Control��As discussed above (Section 1.0), cultural control methods utilize cultural practices that prevent or out-compete invasive weed species. These include the use of grazing, cultural considerations for the timing of weed treatments, and planting native vegetation to outcompete weeds.

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� One commenter supports using cultural control.

� One commenter discusses the need to remove livestock from washes to minimize impacts after tamarisk have been removed.

4.1.5 Integrated�Weed�Control�

The proposed weed management plan includes an integrated approach of weed control using the methods described above. Several commenters recognized the need for integrated control of weeds. These comments included:

� Chemical, aerial, and mechanical methods may have to be used depending on effectiveness and accessibility to noxious weed sites.

� Pick an infected area locally and try different eradicating methods to find what works best.

4.1.6 General�Comments�on�Control�Methods�

The BIA received a number of general comments regarding control methods discussed during the presentation. These comments include:

� One comment discussed methods that they have found effective that they would like to see considered in the IWMP, including a stress method where a pick-up truck is used to drive over weed infested areas to stress the plants.

� Another comment was concerned with the timing of applying treatments.

� One commenter had concern with the effectiveness of any control methods being effective for the long-term control of weeds.

� One comment suggested that the Weed Management Plan consider using the NRCS Herbaceous Weed Control Program for mechanical, chemical, and biological treatment, NRCS Weed Control Practice Code 315.

� Many comments were interested in learning methods to control specific weed species.

� One comment suggested that weed removal will only work if the area is fenced.

� One commenter inquired if the proposed methods of weed extermination were currently being used somewhere else. �

� One commenter was concerned about the removal of livestock to another location during weed treatments. �

4.2 Alternatives��In addition to the three alternatives discussed above, the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Navajo Natural Heritage Program requested that a fourth alternative be developed to

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consider weed control using cultural, chemical, and mechanical methods, but not biological control.�4.3 Priority�Sites�for�Weed�Control��

Originally, the BIA was considering developing a list of priority sites for weed control to be evaluated in the EIS. However, after further discussions with cooperating agencies the BIA decided that every acre on the Navajo Nation would be evaluated for any of the proposed control treatments. Scoping was performed prior to this decision; therefore the scoping comment card requested a list of priority sites for weed control from the public. While these sites will not be analyzed separately, they will be covered in the EIS. Several commenters provided suggestions for priority sites of weed control. These sites include the following:

� One commenter said that priority sites for weed removal will depend on farmland, home site lease or land use permittees.

� Two comments included range and farmland

� Chinle South Natural Dam and Red Reservoir Earth Dam west of Chinle.

� Watersheds

� Residential and harvest fields in Lupton, Houck, Klagetoh, Wide Ruins, and Sanders area.

� Areas near communities in Ganado, Kayenta, TC, Crownpoint.

� All open rangeland which have no management should be high priority.

� 15 dams in the Fort Defiance community.

� Cow Springs Wash

� Camelthorn around South Tuba City.

� Target Russian olive in water ways.

� Residential areas and homesteads

� Farms and canals

� Round Rock Lake and irrigation canals from the lake.

� Lukachukai, AZ- all the washes that come down from the mountains.

� Three comments suggested farms, lakes, ponds, washes, roads, and rangeland.

� Musk thistle located three miles northwest of Pinion High School and Sanddune Valley.

� Blue Gap Valley

� Bull thistle and cocklebur located three miles north of Pinion around Hwy 41- down Wash Valley. Typical names of the area are Tonikani, Tse Ha Nilii, Sanddune Valley.

� Navajo Partitioned Land and Hopi Partitioned Land

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� Many Farms Lake, Chinle Wash. Concerned about Russian olive debris taking out the Chinle Wash Bridge in a big flood event.

� Many Farms Lake and Farm Plot #10-2-46 NW of Sand Cone Spring Art Well.

� Little Colorado River-suggested that BIA should prioritize the Little Colorado River Invasive Species Management Plan.

4.4 Re�planting/Restoring�Sites�after�Weed�Removal�Treatments��Several commenters showed concern about re-seeding and restoring sites after weed removal treatments occurred. Below is a list of the comments and questions that were provided.

� Two commenters discussed the issues of what to do with livestock after an area is replanted with natives, one suggested that fencing should be a priority.

� Areas should be revegetated with more native trees.

� Two commenters were interested in the species of native plants that could be used to replant areas after weed removal.

� One commenter asked when an area can be re-seeded after treatment and where will funding come from.

� One commenter requested that re-seeding should occur.

4.5 Soil�Erosion�and�Disturbance�

Several commenters were concerned over the disturbance to soil when invasive weeds are removed and suggested that treated areas should be revegetated with native forage to stabilize soil, wind erosion, and cultural resources.

4.6 Education�and�Public�Outreach��During the scoping presentation, the use of public education and outreach were discussed to help with prevention of new weed infestations.

� Four people commented on the need for greater public outreach and education and community engagement. The comments suggested that public education and outreach should emphasize weed prevention to increase native vegetation for livestock; educational awareness material could be distributed as brochures, fact sheets, and posters; and that more BIA and tribal participation should occur at the Local Work Group meetings.

� Two comments suggested that education be focused through the schools by designing a local projects and have kids participate and provide an avenue for the information to reach the family.

� Two comments requested more information on restoration, weeds, plants, and trees that are removed and on how to control certain invasive weeds.

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� One commenter suggested that people should be informed about invasive weeds when they receive their grazing permits.

4.7 Priority�Weed�Species�

The BIA selected 21 priority noxious weed species to focus on in the proposed integrated weed management plan. Many of the priority weeds identified by the commenters were already on the BIA’s priority species list, including: Russian olive, saltcedar, camelthorn, spotted knapweed, puncturevine (bullhead), and musk thistle.

� One commenter discussed the dense thickets of Russian olive in washes provides ideal sites for parties, a hiding place for someone running from the law, and an area where cattle can hide from the owners.

� Another commenter discussed their concern of Russian olives taking over three acres of farmland near an artesian well where the community gets their water.Other species that were suggested by commenters to include on the weed priority list include: Russian thistle and cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium).

� Three commenters brought up an economic concern with the cocklebur getting stuck in sheep wool and decreasing the market value of the wool.

� Red willow was discussed as a concern by one commenter because they believe that the willow uses too much water.

� Milkweed (sp. ?) was a concern of one commenter, because it is poisonous for livestock.

� One commenter suggested that the highest priority should be to create a noxious and invasive weed plant list for the grazing districts with the help of the NRCS Local Work Groups.

�4.8 Economic�Concerns��One of the resources to be analyzed in the EIS is the impact of the integrated weed management plan on economic concerns.

� One commenter proposed that an effective weed eradication plant could serve to create jobs and potential entrepreneurial opportunities.

� One commenter was concerned about the impact of weeds taking the water from a water source designated for farming and ranching.

� Several commenters were concerned over the impact of invasive weeds on the declined condition of rangeland for their livestock and decreased value of wool from their sheep due to cocklebur entanglement.

� Many commenters would like to see the rangeland restored with native grasses to improve grazing habitat.

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4.9 Climate�Change��Several commenters were concerned about the impacts of grazing pressure and climate change on the proliferation of weeds, and suggested that climate change be evaluated in the EIS. One commenter suggested that the EIS should analyze and quantify the effects of grazing, weed-infested hay, and drought on the establishment and proliferation of weeds. �4.10 Policy�Concerns��Currently, the Navajo Nation allows weed infested hay to be sold and used on the Navajo Nation. This has been a source of exotic weed infestation. Several commenters discussed the need for a Navajo Nation weed law/policy that would only permit the sale and use of certified weed-free hay for livestock.

� One commenter suggested that invasive weeds should be included in a Livestock Management Plan.

� One commenter had concern over the grazing pressure and increase in noxious weeds and suggested that BIA enforce the grazing regulations.

�4.11 Maintenance�and�Monitoring��

� One commenter asked how sites were going to be monitored after areas were treated. �4.12 Cooperating�Agencies��As stated above in Section 2.5, a cooperating agency is any federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved in a proposed action.

� One commenter suggested that the Navajo Nation government, particularly the Agricultural Department, needs to be more involved in this project.

� One commenter suggested that if partnering agencies were able to consider funding this project it would serve to strengthen the resurgence of natural vegetation and wildlife, restore underground water levels and create more favorable conditions for future agricultural initiatives thereby restoring and strengthen Navajo cultural farming traditions.

� USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) does herbaceous weed control. They have a plan and practice standards including biochemical and mechanical controls. They would like to form partnerships with the BIA agencies. One commenter recommended that the BIA incorporate aspects of the NRCS practice standard for control, priority species identification, and community coordination into the proposed integrated weed management plan.

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4.13 Other�Comments�Relating�to�the�EIS��Several commenters during the first round of scoping felt that the scoping period needed to be extended to include more scoping meetings in areas that would also be interested in the project. Also, several commenters suggested that a more aggressive advertising campaign was needed for the meetings. In response to these comments, the scoping period was extended to March 20, 2013 and the scoping presentation was given at four additional meeting locations and at two district grazing meetings (discussed above). The four scoping meetings were publicized in various media outlets, including radio, newspaper, and flyers.

� One commenter was interested in when the integrated weed management plan will take effect.

4.14 Non�EIS�Scoping�Comments��NEPA regulations state that all significant issues relative to the proposed project should be addressed in the EIS. The comments and issues discussed above will be addressed in the EIS. However, comments that were beyond the scope of NEPA and CEQA, outside of the proposed project, value-type comments, or not related to the plan or EIS do not need to be addressed in the EIS. Therefore, these comments were not provided in this report.

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Appendix A. Notice of Intent and the Notice to Extend the Scoping Period

2685 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 9 / Monday, January 14, 2013 / Notices

review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Annual Performance Report and Annual Homeless Assessment Report.

OMB Control Number: 2506–0145. Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This information will enable HUD to assess the performance of individual projects and to determine project compliance with funding requirements. This information assists HUD in understanding homeless clients and service needs at the local level. HUD also uses this information to provide information on overall program performance and outcomes to HUD staff, other federal agencies, the Congress, and the Office of Management and Budget.

Agency Form Numbers: HUD–40118. Members of the affected public: Grant

recipients for the Supportive Housing Program (SHP), Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program, and the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation for the Single Room Occupancy Dwellings (SRO) Program.

Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: APR Non-Profit recipients (3,250 responses × 1,680 minutes = 91,000 hours per annum) + APR State and Local Government recipients (3,250 responses × 1,680 minutes = 91,000 hours per annum) + AHAR with Automated Software Report (425 responses × 48 hours = 20,400 hours per annum) + AHAR with Manual Software Report (63 responses × 88 hours = 5,544 hours per annum) = 207,944 hours per annum.

Status of proposed information collection: Extension of currently approved package 2506–0145.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: January 7, 2013. Clifford Taffet, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. [FR Doc. 2013–00564 Filed 1–11–13; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Central Utah Project Completion Act; East Hobble Creek Restoration Project Draft Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The draft environmental assessment for the East Hobble Creek Restoration Project is available for public review and comment. The assessment analyzes the anticipated environmental effects of a proposed restoration effort on a portion of Lower Hobble Creek, near Springville, Utah. DATES: Submit written comments by February 13, 2013. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Ms. Sarah Sutherland, East Hobble Creek Restoration, 355 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058–7303; by email to sarah@cuwcd.com; or by Fax to 801–226–7171.

Copies of the Draft Environmental Assessment are available for inspection at:

• Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058–7303

• Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606

In addition, the document is available at www.cuwcd.com and www.cupcao.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lee Baxter, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, at (801) 379– 1174; or email at lbaxter@usbr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior, the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, are evaluating the impacts of the proposed East Hobble Creek Restoration project. The draft environmental assessment, being

completed in conjunction with the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, will analyze and present the anticipated environmental effects of a proposed restoration effort on a portion of lower Hobble Creek, near Springville, Utah. This restoration effort is intended to facilitate the recovery of the June sucker, a federally listed endangered species, through improvement of spawning habitat and maintenance of stream flow. The effort to be analyzed would include the potential restoration of approximately 2 miles of stream channel, modification or removal of several existing barriers to fish passage, and enhancement of the existing water supply.

Public Disclosure Before including your address, phone

number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Dated: January 9, 2013. Reed R. Murray, Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act. Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2013–00656 Filed 1–11–13; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan Within Coconino, Navajo, and Apache Counties, Arizona; McKinley, San Juan, McGill, and Cibola Counties, NM; and San Juan County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead Agency, with the Navajo Nation, National Park Service, and Arizona Department of Transportation serving as cooperating agencies, intends to prepare an EIS for a proposed weed management plan for the Navajo Indian Reservation. This notice also announces the beginning of the public scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

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DATES: Comments on the scope of the EIS may be submitted in writing until February 28, 2013. The date(s) and location(s) of any scoping meetings will be announced at least 15 days in advance through local media, including the Navajo Times, Arizona Daily Sun, Farmington Daily Times, Gallup Independent, and the Navajo Hopi Observer.

ADDRESSES: You may mail, email or hand carry comments to Renee Benally, Natural Resource Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Navajo Agency, Branch of Natural Resources, PO Box 127, Tuba City, Arizona 86045; telephone: (928)283–2210; email: renee.benally@bia.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Benally, Natural Resource Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Navajo Agency, Branch of Natural Resources, PO Box 127, Tuba City, Arizona 86045; telephone: (928)283–2210; email: renee.benally@bia.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA is proposing to develop a ten-year integrated weed management plan for the Navajo Indian Reservation. The Navajo Indian Reservation lands are infested with noxious and/or invasive weeds that have social and economic impacts on the Navajo Nation. The BIA, in partnership with cooperating agencies, intends to develop an integrated weed management plan to prevent, control, reduce, and eliminate the detrimental impacts of weed infestations throughout the reservation. The proposed action would authorize new treatments of noxious and invasive weed infestations throughout the Navajo Indian Reservation. The number of infestations and amount of acreage treated will be determined by the annual funding allocations for project implementation. The various methods of noxious/invasive weed control that will be considered during development of alternatives for the integrated weed management plan include, but will not be limited to, mechanical, cultural, biological and herbicidal treatments, and other methods that may be identified during the public scoping process.

The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, including alternatives, and guide the process for developing the EIS. At present, the BIA has identified the following preliminary issues: Surface and ground water quality; environmental justice considerations; cultural and historic

resources; biological resources; public health; and socioeconomics.

The BIA will use and coordinate the NEPA commenting process to satisfy the public involvement process for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) as provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). Native American tribal consultations will be conducted in accordance with the Department of the Interior’s consultation policy, and tribal concerns will be given due consideration, including impacts on Indian trust assets. Federal, State, and local agencies, along with other stakeholders that may be interested in or affected by the BIA’s decision on this project are invited to participate in the scoping process and, if eligible, may request or be requested by the BIA to participate as a cooperating agency.

Directions for Submitting Public Comments: Please include your name, return address and the caption ‘‘Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan EIS Comments’’ at the head of your letter or in the subject line of your email message.

Availability of Comments: Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section of this notice during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Authority: This notice is published in accordance with sections 1503.1 and 1506.6 of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Department of the Interior National Environmental Policy Act Implementation Policy (43 CFR part 46), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Dated: December 19, 2012. Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2013–00527 Filed 1–11–13; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS–NRSS–GRD–12018; PPWONRADG0, PPMRSNR1N.NG0000]

Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Mining and Mining Claims and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2013. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB. DATES: You must submit comments on or before February 13, 2013. ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB– OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 I Street NW., MS 1237, Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024–0064 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Edward O. Kassman, Jr., Regulatory Specialist, Energy and Minerals Branch, Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 25287, Lakewood, Colorado 80225 (mail); (303) 987–6792 (fax); or Edward_Kassman@nps.gov (email). You may review the ICR online at http:// www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.

I. Abstract

The Organic Act of 1916 (NPS Organic Act) (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to develop regulations for national park

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influence of liquor/alcoholic beverage, to the extent that control of the person’s faculties is impaired shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance.

.03 Consuming Liquor/Alcohol in Public Conveyance—Any person engaged wholly or in part in the public conveyance business of carrying passengers for hire and every agent, servant, or employee or such person, who knowingly permits any person to drink any liquor/alcohol in any vehicle that carries passengers for hire, while such vehicle in on Tribal land, shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance. Any person who drinks any liquor/ alcohol in any vehicle that carries passengers for hire, while such vehicle is on Tribal land, shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance.

.04 Liquor/Alcohol may not be given as a prize, gift, premium or consideration for a lottery, contest, game of chance or skill, or competition of any kind.

Section 8.00—Enforcement and Jurisdiction

.01 Enforcement—The Tribe through its Tribal Council and Bishop Paiute Tribal Court (Tribal Court) and duly authorized security personnel, shall have the authority to enforce this Ordinance which shall include confiscating any liquor/alcohol manufactured, introduced, sold or possessed located on Tribal Lands in violation of this ordinance. The Tribal Council shall be empowered to sell confiscated liquor/alcohol for the benefit of the Tribe after receiving Tribal Court approval, and to develop and approve such regulations as may become necessary for the enforcement of this Ordinance.

.02 Jurisdiction—Any violations of this ordinance shall constitute a public nuisance under Tribal law. It shall be the Tribal Council or its duly authorized security personnel who may initiate and maintain an action in the Tribal Court to abate and permanently enjoin any nuisance declared under this ordinance and to enforce any and all provisions and penalties under this ordinance. The Tribal Council shall authorize and implement the development of Court rules and procedures that will ensure due process as to all Tribal Court proceedings under this ordinance. Any actions taken under this section 8 may be in addition to any other penalties provided in this ordinance or adopted by the Tribal Council from time to time. This ordinance when approved by the United States Department of the Interior and published in the Federal Register shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Tribal Court.

.03 General penalties—The Tribe through the Tribal Court may implement monetary fines not to exceed $500 for each violation and/or causing the suspension or revocation of a liquor/ alcohol license. The Tribal Court may adopt by resolution a separate schedule of fines for each type of violation, taking into account its seriousness and the threat it may pose to the general health and welfare of tribal members. This schedule will include violations for repeat offenders. Any penalties provided herein shall in addition to any criminal penalties, which may be imposed by the Tribal Court through an adopted separate ordinance that conforms to federal law.

.04 Conflicting provisions— Whenever any conflict occurs between the provisions of this ordinance or the provisions of any other ordinance of the Tribe, the stricter of such provisions shall apply.

.05 Severability—If any provision or application of this ordinance is determined invalid such determination shall not invalidate the remaining portions of this ordinance.

Section 9.00—Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

By enacting this ordinance, the Tribe does not waive, or limit or modify its sovereign immunity from unconsented suit or any other judicial or administrative proceeding except as specifically provided herein.

The Tribe agrees and grants a limited waiver of its sovereign immunity solely for the purpose of authorizing the State of California through or on behalf of the California State Department of Alcohol Beverage Control or any other appropriate sState agency to bring an action in courts of appropriate jurisdiction with the State of California or California State Administrative Proceedings, for the purpose of providing the State of California with remedies to enforce all laws, rules, regulations and rights the state has relating to the issuance of a liquor/ alcohol beverage license to the Tribe.

Section 10.00—Revocation/Suspension of License

The Tribal Council may revoke or suspend the license for reasonable cause after providing the licensee with notice and an opportunity to participate in a hearing at which time the licensee is given an opportunity to respond to any claims against it alleging a violation of this Ordinance, and to demonstrate why the license should not be revoked or suspended. Any determination of the Tribal Council concerning revocation or suspension of a license is final. The

Tribal Council shall direct its authorized representatives to prepare appropriate rules of procedure concerning how a revocation/ suspension hearing is to be held and the form of notice to be given to a licensee subject to potential revocation or suspension of its license.

Section 11.00—Inspection of Licensed Premises

The premises on which liquor is sold or distributed shall be open for inspection by the Tribal Council and/or its authorized representative with respect to the enforcement of this Ordinance at all reasonable times for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rules and regulations of the Tribal Council and this Ordinance are being complied with. [FR Doc. 2013–05499 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Extending Scoping Period To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan Within Coconino, Navajo, and Apache Counties, AZ; McKinley, San Juan, McGill, and Cibola, Counties, NM; and San Juan County, UT

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is extending the public scoping period to prepare an EIS for the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan on the Navajo Indian Reservation. DATES: Scoping comments are due on March 20, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Benally at (928) 283–2210; email: renee.benally@bia.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on January 14, 2013, (78 FR 2685) and ended the scoping comment period on February 28, 2013. The BIA is extending the comment period to March 20, 2013. Please refer to the January 14, 2013, (78 FR 2685) Notice of Intent for project details and commenting instructions.

Dated: February 28, 2013. Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2013–05398 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am]

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3/28/13 Event : Navajo Region Integrated Weed Management Plan Public Meetings

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Navajo Region Integrated Weed Management Plan PublicMeetings

Event occured on Thu, Feb 7 2013, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MST

Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs—Navajo Region

Announces Public Scoping meetings for an Integrated Weed Management Plan to tackleinvasive weeds on the Navajo Nation.

Meetings will be held at the following Navajo Nation Chapter Houses:

* Crownpoint (Feb 5th 5pm-7pm)

* Fort Defiance (Feb 8th 9am-12noon)

*Shiprock (Feb 6th 5pm-7pm)

* Tuba City (Feb 12th 3pm-6pm)

* Chinle (Feb 7th 1pm-5pm)

Call or email BIA Natural Resource Specialist, Renee Benally for more information(928)283-2210, renee.benally@bia.gov

Help us fight weeds on the Navajo Reservation!

Venue

Chinle Chapter House

220 S. Main St.Chinle, AZ 86503

Cost

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Schedule

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Contact Info

3/28/13 Event : Navajo Region Integrated Weed Management Plan Public Meetings

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Renee Benally

9282832210renee.benally@bia.gov

More Public Meetings Events

Flagstaff area springs

Flinn Scholars Program to host informational meeting March 28 at NAU

Northern Arizona Audubon Meeting

Flagstaff

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Flagstaff Communicators meeting

District Advisory Board Meeting

Immigration Awareness Week: Multi-media Presentation

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Reg

ion

Publ

ic S

copi

ngPL

AC

E:

DA

TE

:T

IME

: N

AM

ET

EL

EPH

ON

E N

UM

BE

RE

-MA

IL

EIS

and

IWM

P fo

r th

e N

avaj

o N

atio

nIn

tere

sted

Par

ticip

ants

Sig

n-In

OR

GA

NIZ

AT

ION

/ AD

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Appendix G. Scoping meeting agenda

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan

Chinle, AZ

February 7, 2013, 1:00- 5:00 pm

Scoping Meeting Agenda

1:00 PM Welcome Remarks- Renee Benally, Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region 1:05 PM Introduction- Renee Benally 1:10 PM Integrated Weed Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement

Presentations (Navajo/English) 2:40 PM Closing Remarks 2:45 PM Provide your comments

Contact Information: Renee Benally, Acting Navajo Region Weed Coordinator, Western Navajo Agency, Branch of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 127, Tuba City, AZ 86045, Renee.Benally@bia.gov, (928) 283-2210

38��

Appendix H. Poster displays hung in meeting locations

Inte

grat

ed W

eed

Man

agem

ent P

lan

for

Nav

ajo

Indi

an R

eser

vatio

n

Cam

elth

orn

(Alh

agi m

auro

rum

) In

trodu

ced

thro

ugh

cont

amin

ated

seed

and

live

stoc

k. C

an

inju

re li

vest

ock

and

decr

ease

pro

perty

val

ues.

Follo

ws

wat

erw

ays a

nd c

an p

enet

rate

bui

ldin

g w

alls

and

plu

mbi

ng.

Kna

pwee

d (C

enta

urea

spp.

) In

trodu

ced

thro

ugh

cont

amin

ated

seed

and

bal

last

. C

row

ds o

ut n

ativ

e sp

ecie

s and

fora

ge fo

r liv

esto

ck.

Cau

ses “

chew

ing

dise

ase”

in h

orse

s. In

crea

ses s

urfa

ce

run-

off a

nd se

dim

enta

tion.

Yello

w S

tart

hist

le

(Cen

taur

ea so

lstit

alis

) In

trodu

ced

thro

ugh

cont

amin

ated

seed

, sp

read

by

equi

pmen

t and

ani

mal

s. R

educ

es

lives

tock

fora

ge. T

oxic

to h

orse

s and

shee

p.

The

Inte

grat

ed W

eed

Man

agem

ent P

lan

(IW

MP)

will

be

deve

lope

d by

the

BIA

in

ord

er to

acc

ompl

ish

noxi

ous/

inva

sive

wee

d co

ntro

l on

the

Nav

ajo

Indi

an

Res

erva

tion.

The

IWM

P w

ill:

1.

Com

ply

with

the

Nat

iona

l Env

ironm

enta

l Pol

icy

Act

of 1

969

(NEP

A) a

nd

othe

r ass

ocia

ted

regu

latio

ns.

2. W

ill b

e a

10-y

ear p

lan.

3.

Can

be

revi

sed

thro

ugh

an a

dapt

ive

man

agem

ent a

ppro

ach.

The

pri

mar

y pu

rpos

e of

the

IWM

P is

to:

is •

Iden

tify

the

noxi

ous w

eeds

of c

once

rn,

Eval

uate

the

best

man

agem

ent p

ract

ices

for c

ontro

l and

era

dica

tion,

• Pr

ovid

e pr

oced

ures

and

pro

toco

ls to

con

duct

wee

d re

mov

al,

• • Pr

ovid

e an

app

roac

h to

pro

ject

impl

emen

tatio

n,•

Iden

tify

pilo

t pro

ject

s.C

ontro

l Tec

hniq

ues t

hat w

ill b

e co

nsid

ered

incl

ude:

•

mec

hani

cal,

biol

ogic

al, c

ultu

ral,

and

chem

ical

trea

tmen

ts

Saltc

edar

(T

amar

ix sp

p.)

Intro

duce

d by

seed

alo

ng w

ater

way

s. C

row

ds

nativ

e sp

ecie

s and

cre

ates

sing

le sp

ecie

s ha

bita

t. N

ot p

alat

able

to m

any

wild

life

and

rang

e sp

ecie

s.

Educ

atio

n w

ill b

e an

impo

rtant

par

t of

impl

emen

ting

the

IWM

P an

d co

ntro

lling

pr

iorit

y in

vasi

ve w

eeds

acr

oss t

he

Nav

ajo

Indi

an R

eser

vatio

n. F

red

Phill

ips C

onsu

lting

con

duct

ed a

two-

day

wor

ksho

p to

edu

cate

you

th o

n ho

w to

re

mov

e in

vasi

ve sp

ecie

s alo

ng G

anad

o W

ash.

The

diffe

rent

tech

niqu

es c

onsi

dere

d fo

r rem

ovin

g in

vasi

ve w

eeds

incl

ude

mec

hani

cal,

biol

ogic

al, c

ultu

ral,

and

chem

ical

trea

tmen

ts

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

D

AL

MA

TIA

N T

OA

DF

LA

X

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Lina

ria

geni

stifo

lia s

sp d

alm

atic

a (L

.) -

LID

A

FAM

ILY:

Scr

ophu

lari

zcea

e (F

igw

ort)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Dal

mat

ian

toa

dfla

x is

a c

reep

ing

pere

nnia

l for

b w

ith

an

ext

ensi

ve r

oot

syst

em t

hat

gro

ws

up

to 3

feet

tal

l.

Eve

n t

hou

gh it

’s a

pro

lific

see

d pr

odu

cer

that

can

re

prod

uce

bot

h b

y se

ed a

nd

vege

tati

ve r

epro

duct

ion

, it

s de

ep-p

enet

rati

ng a

nd

hor

izon

tally

spr

eadi

ng

root

sy

stem

acc

ount

s fo

r m

uch

of i

ts s

prea

d on

ce s

eed-

lings

mat

ure

. Le

aves

are

alt

ern

ate,

wax

y, b

road

-ba

sed,

an

d cl

asp

the

stem

. Y

ello

w fl

ower

s, s

imila

r to

sn

apdr

agon

s, a

re b

orne

in t

he a

xils

of u

pper

le

aves

. Fl

ower

s ar

e st

riki

ng w

ith

an

ora

nge

bea

rded

th

roat

an

d a

char

acte

rist

ic s

pur.

It

pref

ers

dry

site

s at

mid

-to-

high

ele

vati

ons.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rope

.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: Dal

mat

ian

toa

dfla

x w

as

prob

ably

intr

odu

ced

as a

n o

rnam

enta

l du

e to

its

pret

ty y

ello

w “

snap

drag

on”

flow

er b

ut

look

s ca

n b

e de

ceiv

ing.

It’s

ext

rem

ely

diffi

cult

to

con

trol

on

ce it

s cr

eepi

ng

root

sys

tem

is e

stab

lishe

d. I

t is

ver

y pr

ob-

lem

atic

in c

omm

un

itie

s n

orth

of t

he M

ogol

lon

Rim

(F

lags

taff,

Pay

son

, Pre

scot

t, N

-15,

Hw

y 98

nea

r K

aibe

to, N

-59)

.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, bio

-co

ntr

ol, f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

htt

p://

ww

w.m

twee

d.or

g/da

lmat

ian

-toa

dfla

x/

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

inva

sive

pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of t

he W

est.

9th

Edi

tion

200

2.

Add

ress

:

W

eed

Out

ta h

ere!

!

Wee

d O

utta

her

e!!

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

S

CO

TC

H T

HIS

TL

E

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Ono

pord

um a

cant

hium

(L.)

- O

NA

C

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

(Su

nflo

wer

)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Sco

tch

th

istl

e is

an

agg

ress

ive

bien

nia

l for

b th

at

ran

ges

in h

eigh

t fr

om 2

to

12 fe

et.

Ros

ette

le

aves

are

a ve

ry la

rge

(up

to 2

feet

lon

g an

d 1

foot

wid

e), s

pin

y, a

nd

cove

red

wit

h a

den

se m

at

of h

airs

th

at g

ive

the

plan

t a

gray

ish

col

or.

Ste

am le

aves

are

als

o h

airy

, alt

ern

ate,

an

d co

arse

ly lo

bed.

Flo

wer

s ar

ea v

iole

t to

red

dish

, gr

ow u

p to

2 in

ches

in d

iam

eter

, an

d lo

ok li

ke a

“s

hav

ing

bru

sh”.

Spi

ny b

ract

s su

rrou

nd e

ach

flo

wer

hea

d.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rope

.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: It

’s p

rese

nt in

eve

ry

nor

ther

n c

oun

ties

in A

Z. I

t’s a

n im

posi

ng

this

tle

due

to it

s si

ze a

nd fo

rmid

able

spi

nes

wh

ich

neg

ativ

ely

im-

pact

s liv

esto

ck fo

rage

pro

duct

ion

, wild

life

hab

itat

, fa

rm la

nd

(Sh

onto

Was

h),

high

way

s (N

-16,

HW

Y 87

, N-4

1, N

-15)

, an

d re

crea

tion

al v

alu

es.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al u

sing

sho

vel f

or 2

ye

ars;

her

bici

de, f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

h

ttp:

//w

ww

.un

ce.u

nr.

edu

/pu

blic

atio

ns/

files

/nr/

2002

/FS

0257

.pdf

htt

p://

ww

w.a

rs.u

sda.

gov/

rese

arch

/pu

blic

atio

ns/

publ

icat

ion

s.h

tm?s

eq_n

o_11

5=20

3356

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of t

he W

est,

9th

Ed.

200

2.

Add

ress

:

Wee

d O

utta

her

e!!

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

S

PO

TT

ED

KN

AP

WE

ED

SC

IEN

TIFI

C N

AM

E:

Cen

taur

ea m

acul

osa

(LA

M.)

- C

EB

I2

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

(SU

NFL

OW

ER

)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Spo

tted

kn

apw

eed

is a

sim

ple

pere

nni

al fo

rb t

hat

gr

ows

1 to

3 fe

et t

all.

It r

epro

duce

s fr

om s

eed

(pri

mar

y m

ean

s of

spr

ead)

an

d fo

rms

a n

ew s

hoo

t ea

ch y

ear

form

a t

apro

ot.

Bas

al r

oset

te le

aves

can

be

up

to 5

inch

es lo

ng

and

are

deep

ly lo

bed

(sim

ilar

to d

iffu

sed

knap

-wee

d).

Pin

kish

-pu

rple

, lav

ende

r,

som

etim

es c

ream

-col

ored

, flo

wer

hea

ds a

re s

olit

ary

at t

he e

nd

of b

ran

ches

, an

d ar

e ab

out

the

sam

e si

ze

as d

iffu

se k

nap

wee

d flo

wer

s. F

lora

l bra

cts

area

fr

inge

d an

d “c

omb-

like”

wit

h s

tiff

dark

tip

s th

at g

ive,

th

e ap

pear

ance

of “

spot

s”.

Bra

cts

hav

e ob

viou

s ve

r-ti

cal v

ein

s be

low

the

tip

s an

d a

redu

ced

cen

tral

sp

ine.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rasi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: S

pott

ed k

nap

wee

d is

so

met

imes

con

fuse

d w

ith

diff

use

kn

apw

eed

but

con

-tr

ol p

ract

ices

are

sim

ilar

for

both

spe

cies

. B

oth

spe

-ci

es h

ave

been

con

firm

ed a

rou

nd S

hont

o, F

lags

taff,

an

d ar

e ag

gres

sive

com

peti

tors

th

at d

ispl

ace

nat

ive

vege

tati

on in

ran

gela

nds,

mea

dow

s, p

astu

res,

wild

-lif

e h

abit

at, a

nd

recr

eati

onal

are

as.

One

Mon

tan

a st

udy

doc

um

ente

d se

vere

soi

l ero

sion

loss

es o

n w

a-te

rshe

ds in

fest

ed b

y th

is s

pott

ed k

nap

wee

d.

Bio

logi

cal c

ontr

ol:

Mec

han

ical

, Her

bici

des,

Bio

con

-tr

ol u

sin

g in

sect

s h

ttp:

//w

ww

.fcw

p.or

g/B

ioC

ontr

ol/S

pott

edkn

apw

eed.

htm

l

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

Z.

2009

. W

eeds

of t

he W

est,

9th

Ed.

200

2.

Add

ress

:

Wee

d O

utta

her

e!!

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

C

AM

EL

TH

OR

N

C

h’il

hosh

i’

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Alh

agi p

seud

alha

gi (B

ieb.

Des

v.) -

ALM

A12

FAM

ILY:

Fab

acea

e (P

EA

)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Cam

elth

orn

is a

n a

ggre

ssiv

e cr

eepi

ng

pere

nni

al s

hru

b w

ith

an

ext

ensi

ve r

oot

syst

em.

It’s

a “

nit

roge

n fi

xer”

th

at

repr

odu

ces

by s

eeds

an

d by

ext

ensi

ve, d

eep-

pene

trat

ing

and

hor

izon

tally

spr

eadi

ng r

oots

. Se

eds

are

hou

sed

in

join

ted

seed

pods

th

at a

ppea

r m

aroo

n t

o re

d in

col

or.

Gre

enis

h s

tem

s ar

e ty

pica

lly t

ippe

d w

ith

sle

nde

r gr

een

ish

-yel

low

spi

nes

that

gro

w 1

/4 t

o 1

3/4

inch

lon

g. L

eave

s ar

e al

tern

ate,

hai

rles

s on

the

upp

er s

urf

ace,

bu

t pu

bes-

cen

t on

the

un

ders

ide.

Ori

gin:

Asi

a, In

dia,

Ru

ssia

.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: C

amel

thor

n c

urr

entl

y h

as a

sc

atte

red

dist

ribu

tion

th

rou

ghou

t th

e no

rthe

rn c

oun

ties

of

AZ.

It’s

esp

ecia

lly p

robl

emat

ic n

ear

the

tow

n o

f Win

s-lo

w a

nd

Hol

broo

k (T

uba

Cit

y, L

eupp

, Lit

tle

Col

orad

o R

iver

) wh

ere

it h

as c

ause

d ex

ten

sive

dam

age

to h

igh-

way

s, w

alkw

ays,

an

d h

ousi

ng fo

un

dati

ons.

Its

cre

epin

g ro

ot s

yste

m h

elps

form

den

se m

onoc

ult

ure

s cr

eati

ng

prob

lem

s fo

r fa

rmer

s, r

anch

ers,

an

d re

crea

tion

ist.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

(M

ilest

one)

, no

appr

oved

bio

con

trol

.

htt

p://

ww

w.u

nce

.un

r.ed

u/p

ubl

icat

ion

s/fil

es/n

r/20

02/F

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41.p

df

htt

p://

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w.a

zdot

.gov

/Hig

hw

ays/

Nat

ura

l_R

esou

rces

/Cam

elth

orn

.asp

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

Wee

ds o

f the

Wes

t, 9

th E

diti

on.

2002

.

Add

ress

:

Wee

d O

utta

her

e!!

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

T

AM

AR

ISK

, SA

LT

CE

DA

R

K’e

i’li

chii

’its

’ooz

3

dif

fere

nt

nam

es

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Tam

aris

k fa

mily

(LA

M.)

- T

AM

AR

2

FAM

ILY:

Tam

aric

acea

e

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Dec

idu

ous

or e

verg

reen

sh

rubs

or

smal

l tre

es, 5

to

20 fe

et t

all.

Bar

k on

sap

lings

an

d st

ems

is r

eddi

sh-b

row

n.

Leav

es a

re s

mal

l an

d sc

ale-

like,

on

hig

hly

br

anch

ed s

len

der

stem

s. F

low

ers

are

pin

k to

w

hit

e, 5

pet

alle

d. S

moo

th w

oody

ste

ms

are

dark

br

own

to

redd

ish

-bro

wn

.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rasi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: Tam

aris

k fa

mily

can

be

fou

nd n

ear

stre

ams

(Lit

tle

Col

orad

o R

iver

, San

Ju

an R

iver

, Col

orad

o R

iver

, Lit

tle

Pueb

lo C

olor

ado

Was

h a

nd

othe

r tr

ibu

tari

es),

field

s, a

nd

open

are

as

in A

Z. R

anch

ers,

farm

ers,

an

d h

igh

way

dep

art-

men

ts fo

un

d th

is a

s a

pest

for

ran

ge a

nd

road

m

anag

emen

t w

hich

bec

omes

bio

-haz

ard

alon

g ro

ads

and

fire

fuel

for

stre

ams

wit

h c

omm

un

itie

s ne

arby

. W

ildlif

e ar

e ad

apti

ng t

o th

is w

eed

infe

sta-

tion

as

a “n

atu

ral”

hab

itat

, ou

tcom

peti

ng

nat

ive

woo

dy s

peci

es s

uch

as

will

ows

and

cott

onw

oods

. In

term

ixed

wit

h R

uss

ian

oliv

e, w

illow

, an

d co

tton

-w

oods

.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, Ae-

rial

app

licat

ion

, for

mor

e in

form

atio

n

htt

p://

ages

vr1.

nm

su.e

du/s

altc

edar

/

Bio

logi

cal C

ontr

ol:

Mon

itor

ing

of t

he T

amar

isk

Leaf

Bee

tle,

htt

p://

ww

w.t

amar

iskc

oalit

ion

.org

/

Ref

eren

ce:

Wee

ds o

f the

Wes

t. 9

th E

diti

on 2

002.

Add

ress

:

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

R

US

SIA

N K

NA

PW

EE

D

Chi

’ild

ich’

I’ili

ba’h

i’

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Acr

optil

on r

epen

s (L

.) -

AC

RE

3

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

(Su

nflo

wer

)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Ru

ssia

n k

nap

wee

d is

a c

reep

ing

pere

nnia

l for

b th

at

form

s de

nse

col

onie

s fr

om a

dee

p (u

p to

20

to 3

0 fe

et) s

prea

ding

roo

t sy

stem

. R

oots

are

typ

ical

ly

blac

k or

dar

k br

own

. A

bove

grou

nd

port

ions

of t

he

plan

t gr

ow u

p to

4 fe

et.

Low

er le

aves

ran

ge fr

om e

n-

tire

to

lobe

d. U

pper

leav

es a

re s

mal

ler,

en

tire

, an

d di

rect

ly a

ttac

hed

to t

he s

tem

. C

one-

shap

ed, p

ink

to

lave

nder

flow

er h

eads

are

up

to 1

/2 in

ch in

dia

met

er

and

are

born

e at

the

en

d of

leaf

y br

anch

es.

Flor

al

brac

ts a

re p

aper

y th

in a

nd

smoo

th, g

reen

ish

wit

h a

ro

und

ed o

r po

inte

d m

argi

n.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rasi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: It’s

a s

erio

us

prob

lem

in

nor

thea

ster

n (C

hinl

e, F

arm

ingt

on, D

enne

hot

so) a

nd

sou

thea

ster

n A

Z. L

ike

yello

w s

tart

hist

le, R

uss

ian

kn

apw

eed

can

cau

se “

chew

ing

dise

ase”

in h

orse

s.

Its

deep

, per

enn

ial r

oot

syst

em m

akes

con

trol

effo

rts

diffi

cult

on

ce e

stab

lishe

d.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

(M

ilest

one)

, new

app

rove

d bi

ocon

trol

, for

mor

e in

for-

mat

ion

h

ttp:

//w

ww

.fcw

p.or

g/B

ioC

ontr

ol/R

uss

ian

knap

wee

d.h

tml

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

inva

sive

pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of t

he W

est.

9th

Edi

tion

200

2.

Add

ress

:

W

eed

Out

ta h

ere!

!

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

R

US

SIA

N O

LIV

E

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Ela

eagn

us a

ngus

tifol

ia (L

.) -

ELA

N

FAM

ILY:

Ela

eagn

acea

e (O

leas

ter)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Ru

ssia

n o

live

can

gro

w a

s a

smal

l, th

orny

sh

rub

or a

s a

deci

duou

s tr

ee t

hat

can

gro

w u

p to

40

feet

ta

ll. A

ll pa

rts

of t

he s

tem

s, b

uds

, an

d le

aves

hav

e a

dens

e co

veri

ng o

f silv

ery

to r

ust

y sc

ales

. Th

e ba

rk is

sm

ooth

an

d gr

ay w

hen

you

ng,

bu

t de

vel-

ops

ridg

es a

nd

furr

ows

wit

h a

ge.

The

leav

es a

rea

1 to

3 in

ches

lon

g an

d ab

out

1/2

inch

wid

e, a

re

sim

ple,

alt

ern

ate,

an

d ar

e u

sual

ly e

gg o

r la

nce

-sh

aped

wit

h s

moo

th m

argi

ns.

Flo

wer

s ar

e ar

o-m

atic

, cre

amy-

yello

w, a

nd

bell-

shap

ed.

Fru

its

are

like

silv

er b

erry

ach

enes

abo

ut

1/2

inch

long

th

at

appe

ar in

clu

ster

s u

sual

ly d

uri

ng

late

su

mm

er

and

earl

y fa

ll.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rasi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: Ru

ssia

n o

live

can

be fo

un

d ne

ar s

trea

ms,

fiel

ds a

nd

open

are

as in

AZ.

Its

fru

it is

re

adily

eat

en a

nd

diss

emin

ated

by

man

y sp

ecie

s of

bi

rds.

It

has

the

abi

lity

to “

fix”

nitr

ogen

an

d is

eas

ily

esta

blis

hed

on b

are

soils

an

d in

rip

aria

n a

reas

. E

s-ta

blis

hm

ent

and

repr

odu

ctio

n is

pri

mar

ily b

y se

ed a

l-th

ough

som

e ve

geta

tive

pro

paga

tion

als

o oc

curs

.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, Aer

ial

appl

icat

ion

, for

mor

e in

form

atio

n

htt

p://

ages

vr1.

nm

su.e

du/s

altc

edar

/

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

inva

sive

pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of t

he W

est.

9th

Edi

tion

200

2.

Add

ress

:

W

eed

Out

ta h

ere!

!

Bu

rea

u o

f In

dia

n A

ffa

irs

N

av

ajo

Re

gio

n

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y

INV

ASI

VE

WEE

DS

Th

ese

we

ed

s a

re c

on

sid

ere

d a

hig

h p

rio

rity

fo

r

era

dic

ati

on

an

d c

on

tro

l w

ith

in t

he

Na

va

jo N

ati

on

an

d

Na

va

jo T

rib

al

Tru

st L

an

ds

H

IGH

PRIO

RIT

Y I

NV

ASI

VE

WEE

DS

Th

ese

we

ed

s a

re c

on

sid

ere

d a

hig

h p

rio

rity

fo

r e

rad

ica

tio

n a

nd

co

ntr

ol

wit

hin

th

e N

av

ajo

Na

tio

n a

nd

Na

va

jo T

rib

al

Tru

st L

an

ds

Bure

au o

f Ind

ian

Affa

irs

Nav

ajo

Regi

on

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ci

rsiu

m v

ulga

re (S

avi T

enor

e). -

CIV

U

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

DE

SCRI

PTIO

N:

A bi

enni

al fo

rb th

at fo

rms

a ro

sett

e in

its

first

yea

r and

then

bo

lts a

nd p

rodu

ces

seed

in it

s se

cond

yea

r. S

econ

d-ye

ar le

af

lobe

s ar

e do

uble

toot

hed

and

end

in a

spi

ne.

Leav

es h

ave

wav

y m

argi

ns w

ith p

rick

les

on th

e su

rfac

e an

d pu

bese

nce

on th

e un

ders

ide.

Ste

ms

are

very

pub

esce

nt a

nd h

ave

dark

pur

ple

vein

s. F

low

er h

eads

pro

duce

red

or p

urpl

e flo

wer

s th

at ca

n gr

ow u

p to

2 in

ches

wid

e. T

he ro

ot s

yste

m is

sho

rt a

nd fl

eshy

.

OR

IGIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

EN

TS:

Alth

ough

wid

espr

ead

in th

e So

uthw

este

rn U

.S.,

it is

less

ag

gres

sive

than

oth

er n

on-n

ativ

e th

istle

s in

the

area

. It

ty

pica

lly g

row

s as

a fe

w s

catt

ered

indi

vidu

al p

lant

s or

po

pula

tions

, pri

mar

ily a

t hig

her,

moi

ster

site

s ab

ove

5000

fe

et.

Bull

this

tle ca

n in

vade

any

type

of d

istu

rbed

are

a in

clud

ing

fore

st c

lear

cuts

, rip

aria

n ar

eas,

and

pas

ture

s. I

t is

unpa

lata

ble

to w

ildlif

e an

d liv

esto

ck a

nd ca

n re

duce

fora

ge

pote

ntia

l by

crow

ding

out

nat

ive

vege

tatio

n.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, H

erbi

cide

use

, app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntro

l

FOR

MO

RE IN

FOR

MAT

ION

http

://w

ww.

na.fs

.fed.

us/fh

p/in

vasi

ve_p

lant

s/w

eeds

/bul

l-thi

stle

.pd

f

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

BU

LL

TH

IST

LE

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ci

rsiu

m a

rven

se (L

. Sco

p.) -

CIA

R4

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

An e

rect

per

enni

al fo

rb, w

hich

can

grow

to 1

.5 to

4 fe

et

tall,

with

ridg

ed s

tem

s be

com

ing

hair

y an

d br

anch

ing

at m

atur

ity.

Leav

es a

re a

ltern

ate,

lanc

e-sh

aped

, and

ir

regu

larl

y lo

bed

with

spi

ny to

othe

d m

argi

ns.

Flow

ers

can

be p

urpl

e or

whi

te a

nd ty

pica

lly b

loom

from

Jun

e to

Se

ptem

ber.

Can

ada

this

tle d

oes

not h

ave

spin

es o

n its

flo

wer

s or

ste

ms.

Fru

its a

re s

mal

l flat

tene

d br

own

ache

nes

with

bri

stly

plu

mes

. H

oriz

onta

l roo

ts m

ay e

xten

d 15

feet

or

mor

e an

d ve

rtic

al ro

ots

may

gro

w 6

to 1

5 fe

et d

eep.

Mal

e an

d fe

mal

e flo

wer

s de

velo

p on

sep

arat

e pl

ants

.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. Ve

geta

tive

repr

oduc

tion

from

its

root

sys

tem

cont

ribu

tes

to lo

cal s

prea

d bu

t see

ds

can

cont

ribu

te to

long

dis

tanc

e di

sper

sal.

Onc

e es

tabl

ishe

d,

Cana

da th

istle

can

crow

d ou

t and

repl

ace

nativ

e ve

geta

tion,

re

duci

ng ra

ngel

and

and

agri

cultu

ral l

and

valu

es.

It

does

bes

t in

barr

en d

istu

rbed

are

as s

uch

as w

aste

land

s,

mea

dow

s, fi

elds

, and

str

eam

bank

sed

ge m

eado

ws.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: C

ultu

ral,

Mec

hani

cal,

Her

bici

de-

use,

and

app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntro

ls

FOR

MO

RE IN

FORM

ATIO

Nht

tp://

ww

w.ex

t.col

osta

te.e

du/p

ubs/

natr

es/0

3108

.htm

l

http

://w

ww.

nps.

gov/

plan

ts/a

lien/

fact

/ciar

1.ht

m

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

CA

NA

DA

TH

IST

LE

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ca

rduu

s nut

ans (

L.) -

CAN

U

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

Mus

k th

istle

is a

bie

nnia

l for

b th

at ca

n al

so g

row

as

an a

nnua

l. It

has

a th

ick

tap

root

from

whi

ch a

rose

tte

of b

asal

leav

es e

mer

ges.

Ros

ette

s gr

ow 3

to4

feet

in

diam

eter

. Le

aves

are

hai

rles

s an

d ha

ve d

eep

lobe

s, a

re

dark

gre

en w

ith a

ligh

t gre

en m

idri

b, a

nd a

spi

ny m

argi

n.

Leav

es e

xten

d be

yond

the

stem

, giv

ing

the

appe

aran

ce o

f a

“win

ged”

ste

m.

Larg

e “p

owde

r puf

f” flo

wer

head

s (1

.5 to

3

inch

es in

dia

met

er) c

an b

e de

ep ro

se, p

urpl

e, o

r whi

te.

Flow

er h

ead

wei

ght b

ends

the

stem

s do

wnw

ard,

giv

ing

the

appe

aran

ce o

f a n

oddi

ng fl

ower

head

in w

indy

wea

ther

. It

ca

n gr

ow u

p to

8ft

tall

with

ade

quat

e so

il m

oist

ure.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

ope

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. M

usk

this

tle h

as b

road

ec

olog

ical

am

plitu

de, g

row

ing

in d

ry o

pen

rang

elan

d an

d in

wet

land

s. T

he k

ey to

cont

rolli

ng th

em is

to d

estr

oy

them

bef

ore

they

set

see

d. I

nfes

tatio

ns a

re o

ften

spot

ty

in th

e So

uthw

este

rn U

.S.

Mus

k Th

istle

is u

npal

atab

le to

w

ildlif

e an

d liv

esto

ck.

It co

loni

zes

dist

urbe

d ar

eas

such

as

land

slid

e ar

eas,

mea

dow

s, a

nd p

rair

ies.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Bi

olog

ical

, Her

bici

de

use,

app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntro

l

FOR

MO

RE IN

FORM

ATIO

Nht

tp://

ww

w.np

s.go

v/pl

ants

/alie

n/fa

ct/ca

nu1.

htm

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

MU

SK

TH

IST

LE

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Le

pidu

m la

tifol

ium

L. -

LE

LA2

FAM

ILY:

Bra

ssic

acea

e

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

Plan

ts a

re m

ulti-

stem

med

and

gro

w in

ere

ct m

asse

s up

to

5 ft.

in h

eigh

t. L

eave

s ar

e la

nceo

late

, bri

ght g

reen

to g

ray-

gree

n. B

asal

leav

es a

re lo

ng (u

p to

1ft)

and

hav

e se

rrat

e m

argi

ns.

Flow

erin

g oc

curs

from

ear

ly s

umm

er to

fall

with

ab

unda

nt s

mal

l whi

te 4

-pet

aled

flow

ers

in d

ense

clus

ters

ne

ar th

e st

em ti

ps.

The

base

of t

he s

tem

is s

emi-w

ood.

Ro

ots

can

grow

up

to 6

ft in

leng

th a

nd a

re cr

eepi

ng.

It ca

n of

ten

be co

nfus

ed w

ith h

oary

cres

s (s

ee ri

ght).

ORI

GIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. It

can

esta

blis

h in

a

wid

e ra

nge

of h

abita

ts a

nd is

com

mon

ly a

pro

blem

in

dist

urbe

d ar

eas

such

as

road

side

s, p

astu

res,

wet

land

s, a

nd

flood

pla

ins.

It c

an ra

pidl

y fo

rm d

ense

clus

ters

, cro

wdi

ng

out n

ativ

e ve

geta

tion.

Pla

nts

can

spre

ad q

uick

ly a

long

w

ater

way

s an

d st

ream

corr

idor

s.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Cu

ltura

l, H

erbi

cide

us

e

FOR

MO

RE

INFO

RMAT

ION

http

://w

ww.

ipm

.ucd

avis

.edu

/PM

G/P

ESTN

OTE

S/pn

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http

://w

ww.

nps.

gov/

plan

ts/a

lien/

fact

/lela

1.ht

m

REFE

REN

CE:

Plan

t Con

serv

atio

n Al

lianc

e - A

lien

Plan

t Wor

king

Gro

up

Leas

t Wan

ted.

Per

enni

al P

eppe

rwee

d. 2

009.

htt

p://w

ww.

nps.

gov/

plan

ts/a

lien/

fact

/lela

1.ht

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WAN

TED

DEAD

PE

RE

NN

IAL

PE

PP

ER

WE

ED

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ca

rdar

ia d

raba

(L. D

esv.)

- CA

DR

FAM

ILY:

Bra

ssic

acea

e

DES

CRI

PTIO

N:

A cr

eepi

ng p

eren

nial

forb

that

can

grow

up

to 3

ft. t

all.

It

repr

oduc

es b

y se

ed a

nd it

s ex

tens

ive,

dee

ply

pene

trat

ing

root

sys

tem

. Le

aves

are

elli

ptic

al, g

ray-

gree

, cla

spin

g, a

nd

light

ly p

ubes

cent

. St

ems

are

erec

t and

gre

atly

bra

nchi

ng

near

the

flow

er.

It h

as 4

-pet

al s

mal

l flow

ers

at th

e to

p of

the

plan

t. H

eart

-sha

ped

seed

pod

s ha

ve a

sle

nder

, per

sist

ent

beak

in th

e up

per c

left

of th

e se

ed p

ods.

Tw

o sm

all,

flat,

redd

ish

brow

n se

eds

are

cont

aine

d in

eac

h of

pod

s.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

ope

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

EN

TS:

Dis

trib

utio

n is

lim

ited

to th

e Fo

ur C

orne

rs a

rea.

It e

asily

es

tabl

ishe

s in

moi

st s

ites

and

is d

ifficu

lt to

cont

rol o

nce

esta

blis

hed.

It h

as b

een

intr

oduc

ed in

urb

an s

ettin

gs a

s a

fille

r fo

r dry

flow

er a

rran

gem

ents

. H

oary

cres

s is

esp

ecia

lly

inva

sive

in ra

ngel

and

and

agri

cultu

ral a

reas

. Th

e pl

ant a

lso

prod

uces

com

poun

ds, k

now

n as

glu

cosi

nola

tes,

whi

ch a

re

toxi

c to

catt

le.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Cu

ltura

l, H

erbi

cide

us

e, a

nd a

ppro

ved

bio-

cont

rol

FOR

MO

RE IN

FOR

MAT

ION

http

://sb

sc.w

r.usg

s.go

v/re

sear

ch/p

roje

cts/

swep

ic/fa

ctsh

eets

/ca

drsf

_inf

o.pd

f

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

WH

ITE

TO

P (

HO

AR

Y C

RE

SS

)

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ce

ntau

rea

sols

titia

lis L

. - C

ESO

3

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

An a

ggre

ssiv

e co

ol s

easo

n an

nual

forb

. It

ger

min

ates

dur

ing

cool

er te

mpe

ratu

res

and

grow

s 2

to 3

ft ta

ll as

tem

pera

ture

s w

arm

. D

eepl

y lo

bed

basa

l lea

ves

form

a ro

sett

e, w

hile

ste

m

leav

es a

re li

near

or t

aper

ed a

t bot

h en

ds a

nd a

ttac

h di

rect

ly to

th

e st

em.

An e

xten

sion

of t

he le

af ru

ns d

own

the

stem

, giv

ing

a “w

inge

d” a

ppea

ranc

e. F

low

ers

are

yello

w a

nd a

re h

eld

by

brac

ts th

at p

rodu

ce s

tiff,

shar

p sp

ines

that

can

grow

up

to 1

in

. lon

g. S

eeds

are

pro

duce

d fr

om ra

y-sh

aped

flow

ers

and

are

dark

colo

red

and

lack

bri

stle

s.

ORI

GIN

: Med

iterr

anea

n Re

gion

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. Ye

llow

sta

rthi

stle

is fo

und

in a

reas

with

full

sunl

ight

and

dee

p, w

ell-d

rain

ed s

oils

and

is

esp

ecia

lly co

mm

on in

dis

turb

ed s

ites,

suc

h as

road

side

s,

was

tela

nds,

and

rang

elan

ds.

Can

caus

e “c

hew

ing

dise

ase”

in

hor

ses.

As

it is

a s

tron

g in

vade

r, it

can

chok

e ou

t nat

ive

vege

tatio

n, re

duci

ng w

ildlif

e ha

bita

t and

fora

ge.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Bi

olog

ical

, Her

bici

de u

se,

appr

oved

bio

-con

trol

FOR

MO

RE IN

FORM

ATIO

Nht

tp://

ww

w.np

s.go

v/pl

ants

/alie

n/fa

ct/ce

so1.

htm

http

://w

ww.

ipm

.ucd

avis

.edu

/PM

G/P

ESTN

OTE

S/pn

7402

.htm

l

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

YE

LL

OW

ST

AR

TH

IST

LE

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“A

” R

ATI

NG

HIG

H P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ce

ntau

rea

diffu

sa (L

am.)

- CED

I3

FAM

ILY:

Ast

erac

eae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

Diff

use

knap

wee

d ca

n gr

ow a

s an

ann

ual,

bien

nial

, or

shor

t-liv

e si

mpl

e pe

renn

ial f

orb

with

mul

tiple

bra

nche

s.

It ra

nges

in h

eigh

t fro

m 1

to 3

ft. a

t mat

urity

and

can

have

whi

te, r

ose,

or p

urpl

e flo

wer

s. Y

ello

w-g

reen

bra

cts

are

tippe

d w

ith s

lend

er te

rmin

al s

pine

s th

at cu

rve

outw

ard

and

are

typi

cally

ligh

t bro

wn

with

a m

argi

n-lik

e a

com

b. B

asal

leav

es a

re fi

nely

div

ided

whi

le th

e st

em

leav

es a

re e

ntir

e an

d sm

alle

r.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. D

iffus

e kn

apw

eed

quic

kly

inva

des

dist

urbe

d si

tes

and

undi

stur

bed

gras

slan

ds, s

hrub

land

s, a

nd ri

pari

an h

abita

ts.

It q

uick

ly

outc

ompe

tes

nativ

e ve

geta

tion

and

rele

ases

alle

lopa

thic

ch

emic

als

that

pre

vent

s co

mpe

titiv

e pl

ant g

row

th,

allo

win

g it

to ta

ke o

ver.

Its

dram

atic

ally

redu

ces

the

prod

uctiv

ity o

f ran

gela

nds

and

fora

ge q

ualit

y of

hab

itats

.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Cu

ltura

l, H

erbi

cide

us

e, a

ppro

ved

bio-

cont

rol

FOR

MO

RE IN

FORM

ATIO

Nht

tp://

ww

w.ex

t.col

osta

te.e

du/p

ubs/

natr

es/0

3110

.htm

l

http

://pa

rks.

stat

e.co

.us/

Site

Colle

ctio

nIm

ages

/par

ks/

Prog

ram

s/Pa

rksR

esou

rceS

tew

ards

hip/

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use%

20K

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wee

d.pd

f

REFE

REN

CE:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

rizo

na.

2009

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

DIF

FU

SE

KN

AP

WE

ED

Fred

Phi

llips

Con

sulti

ng, L

LCFl

agst

aff,

AZ

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EA

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Eu

phor

bia

esul

a L.

- E

UE

S

FAM

ILY:

Eup

horb

iace

ae

DES

CRI

PTIO

N:

An a

ggre

ssiv

e cr

eepi

ng, p

eren

nial

forb

with

a r

oot s

yste

m

that

can

exte

nd in

to th

e so

il as

far a

s 30

feet

. Le

aves

are

1 to

4

inch

es lo

ng, a

re li

near

, alte

rnat

e, a

nd e

ntir

e (s

ever

al ti

mes

lo

ng a

s w

ide)

. St

ems

are

thic

kly

clus

tere

d an

d sm

ooth

, and

ex

ude

a m

ilky

late

x ju

ice

whe

n br

oken

. Sm

all,

yello

w-g

reen

flo

wer

s ar

e en

clos

ed b

y pa

ired

, hea

rt-s

hape

d ye

llow

-gre

en

brac

ts.

The

frui

ting

stru

ctur

e is

a 3

-cel

led

caps

ule,

with

ea

ch c

apsu

le co

ntai

ning

a s

ingl

e se

ed.

Caps

ules

rupt

ure

at

mat

urity

and

dis

pers

e se

eds

as fa

r as

15 fe

et.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

mos

t of t

he U

nite

d St

ates

. Th

is p

lant

ca

n ca

use

seve

re e

ye a

nd s

kin

irri

tatio

ns in

live

stoc

k an

d in

som

e pe

ople

. It

s en

croa

chm

ent o

n ra

ngel

ands

has

cost

m

illio

ns o

f dol

lars

due

to lo

sses

in fo

rage

for l

ives

tock

and

ha

bita

t for

wild

life,

and

as

a re

sult,

can

dim

inis

h re

crea

tiona

l va

lues

on

infe

sted

land

. It

is a

ser

ious

pro

blem

nea

r Fla

gsta

ff an

d Sp

ring

ervi

lle, A

rizo

na.

It ca

n in

vade

a v

arie

ty o

f are

as

incl

udin

g pa

stur

es, r

ange

land

, woo

dlan

ds, fl

oodp

lain

s,

prai

ries

, was

tela

nds,

and

road

side

s.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, bi

olog

ical

and

H

ERBI

CID

E U

SE.

FOR

MO

RE IN

FORM

ATIO

Nht

tp://

wee

ds.n

msu

.edu

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afy_

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RE

FER

EN

CE

: N

on-n

ativ

e In

vasi

ve P

lant

s of

Ari

zona

. 20

09.

Wee

ds o

f the

W

est.

9th

Edi

tion.

200

2

WAN

TED

DEAD

LE

AF

Y S

PU

RG

E

NO

XIO

US

WEE

D “

A”

RA

TIN

G H

IGH

PR

IOR

ITY

WEE

D

MED

IUM

PRIO

RIT

Y

INV

ASI

VE

WEE

DS

Th

ese

we

ed

s a

re c

on

sid

ere

d a

me

diu

m

pri

ori

ty f

or

con

tro

l a

nd

co

nta

inm

en

t

on

Na

va

jo N

ati

on

an

d N

av

ajo

Tri

ba

l

Tru

st L

an

ds

LOW

PRIO

RIT

Y

INV

ASI

VE

WEE

DS

Th

ese

we

ed

s a

re c

on

sid

ere

d a

lo

w

pri

ori

ty f

or

con

tro

l a

nd

co

nta

inm

en

t

on

Na

va

jo N

ati

on

an

d N

av

ajo

Tri

ba

l

Tru

st L

an

ds

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

B”

RA

TIN

G M

ED

IUM

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

H

AL

OG

ET

ON

SC

IEN

TIFI

C N

AM

E:

Hal

oget

on g

lom

erat

us (S

teph

en e

x B

ieb.

) - H

AG

L

FAM

ILY:

Che

nopo

diac

eae

(Goo

sefo

ot)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

An

an

nu

al w

eed

ran

gin

g fr

om a

2 t

o 18

inch

es.

Mai

n s

tem

s br

anch

from

th

e ba

se, s

prea

din

g at

firs

t,

and

then

bec

omin

g er

ect.

Pla

nts

are

blu

e-gr

een

in

the

spri

ng

like

tum

blew

eed

and

earl

y su

mm

er, t

urn

-in

g re

d or

yel

low

by

late

su

mm

er.

Leav

es a

re s

mal

l, fle

shy,

an

d ne

arly

tu

bula

r, e

ndi

ng

inco

nsp

icu

ous,

bo

rne

in le

af a

xis.

Ori

gin:

Asi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: It’s

a s

erio

us

prob

lem

in

alka

line

soils

an

d se

mi-

arid

en

viro

nm

ent

of h

igh

-de

sert

win

ter

lives

tock

ran

ge.

Spr

eads

rap

idly

ac

ross

ran

ge n

ear

road

s/h

ighw

ays

(N-1

5, N

-24,

Hw

y 89

, 160

, 163

, I-4

0, N

-27)

, hig

hly

dist

urb

ed a

reas

, w

ater

line

(Mon

um

ent

Val

ley)

, an

d po

wer

line

s. H

alo-

geto

n p

rodu

ces

toxi

c ox

alat

es w

hic

h a

re p

oiso

nou

s to

she

ep a

nd

may

affe

ct c

attl

e. H

ay p

rodu

ces

from

U

tah

are

sel

ling

infe

sted

hay

bal

es a

t lo

cal f

lea

mar

-ke

ts s

ince

Uta

h &

Col

orad

o h

ave

WE

ED

FR

EE

Law

s an

d N

avaj

o N

atio

n d

oes

not

. H

aulin

g ba

les

of h

ay

spre

ads

the

seed

s in

to r

ange

lan

ds.

Bu

yer

be a

war

e!!

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, for

m

ore

info

rmat

ion

h

ttp:

//w

ww

.un

ce.u

nr.

edu

/pu

blic

atio

ns/

files

/nr/

2000

/FS

0020

.pdf

htt

p://

exte

nsi

on.u

su.e

du/r

ange

/for

bs/h

alog

eton

.htm

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

inva

sive

pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of t

he W

est.

9th

Edi

tion

200

2.

Add

ress

:

W

eed

Out

ta h

ere!

!

Hal

oget

on

Rus

sian

Th

istle

May

10,

200

7—M

onum

ent V

alle

y

July

18,

200

7—H

wy

163

May

27,

200

5—N

-15

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

C”

RA

TIN

G L

OW

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

F

IEL

D B

IND

WE

ED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Con

volv

ulac

eae

arve

nsis

(L.)

- C

OA

R

FAM

ILY:

Con

volv

ula

ceae

(Mor

ning

glo

ry)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Fiel

d bi

ndw

eed

is a

dro

ugh

t to

lera

nt,

per

enni

al c

reep

-in

g pl

ant

(vin

e) w

ith

clim

bin

g st

ems

of 1

to

4 fe

et.

Ma-

ture

pla

nts

form

den

se t

angl

ed m

ats.

Lea

ves

are

gen-

eral

ly 1

to

2 in

ches

long

, are

sm

ooth

, an

d sh

aped

like

a

spad

e or

an

arr

owh

ead.

Roo

ts r

each

20

feet

bel

ow

grou

nd,

an

d ex

ten

sive

late

ral r

oots

hav

e bu

ds t

hat

ini-

tiat

e ne

w p

lan

ts.

Fru

its

are

smal

l, ro

un

d ca

psu

les,

ea

ch c

onta

inin

g 4

seed

s. F

low

ers

are

1 to

1 1

/2 in

ches

wid

e,

tru

mpe

t-sh

aped

, wh

ite

or p

in in

col

or, t

ypic

ally

wit

h 2

sm

all

brac

ts lo

cate

d on

the

pet

iole

. Fl

ower

s cl

ose

each

aft

ern

oon

an

d re

open

the

follo

win

g da

y.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rope

.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: W

idsp

read

th

rou

ghou

t A

Z. I

t’s d

if-fic

ult

to

erad

icat

e du

e to

its

exte

nsiv

e &

dee

p ro

ot s

yste

m &

se

eds

rem

ain

via

ble

insi

de t

he

soil

for

6o+

year

s.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntr

ol.

h

ttp:

//w

ww

.msu

exte

nsi

on.o

rg/r

ura

llivi

ng/

Dre

am/P

DF/

Wee

d/bi

ndw

eed.

pdf

Bio

ncon

trol

: U

sing

inse

cts

(gal

l mit

es) t

o co

ntr

ol t

his

plan

t.

htt

p://

ww

w.fc

wp.

org/

Bio

Con

trol

/Fie

ldbi

ndw

eed.

htm

l

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

Wee

ds o

f the

Wes

t, 9

th E

diti

on.

2002

.

Add

ress

:

MO

EN

KO

PI

CO

OP

ER

AT

IVE

WE

ED

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

AR

EA

N

OX

IOU

S W

EE

D “

C”

RA

TIN

G L

OW

PR

IOR

ITY

WE

ED

WAN

TED

DEAD

C

HE

AT

GR

AS

S (

DO

WN

Y B

RO

ME

) S

hi’y

ina’

ldz

idi’

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:

Bro

mus

tect

orum

(L.)

- B

RTE

FAM

ILY:

Poa

ceae

(Gra

ss)

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:

Che

atgr

ass

is a

coo

l-se

ason

an

nual

th

at c

an g

row

be-

twee

n 2

inch

es t

o 2

feet

tal

l. L

ike

mos

t an

nual

s, it

’s a

pr

olifi

c se

ed p

rodu

cer.

It

germ

inat

es d

uri

ng c

oole

r te

mpe

ratu

res

and

rapi

dly

grow

s an

d se

ts s

eed

befo

re

mos

t ot

her

spec

ies.

See

dlin

g ar

e bi

ght

gree

n w

ith

con

-sp

icu

ousl

y h

airy

(dow

ny)

leav

es, s

heat

hs,

glu

mes

, an

d le

mm

as.

Seed

hea

ds a

re o

pen

, dro

opin

g, m

ult

iple

-br

anch

ed p

anic

les

wit

h m

oder

atel

y aw

ned

spik

elet

s.

Au

ricl

es a

re a

bsen

t. A

t m

atu

rity

the

folia

ge a

nd

seed

he

ads

ofte

n t

urn

pu

rplis

h b

efor

e dr

yin

g to

bro

wn

or

tan

.

Ori

gin:

Eu

rasi

a.

Dis

trib

utio

n/C

omm

ents

: Che

atgr

ass

is w

idel

y ad

apte

d an

d ca

n b

e fo

un

d fr

om d

eser

t va

lley

bott

oms

all

the

way

to

the

hig

hest

pea

ks (i

.e. M

t. L

emm

on).

It q

uic

kly

inva

des

heav

ily g

raze

d ra

nge

lan

d, r

oads

ides

, was

te p

lace

s,

burn

ed a

reas

, an

d di

stu

rbed

sit

es.

Che

atgr

ass

can

sti

ll flo

wer

an

d pr

odu

ce v

iabl

e se

ed e

ven

whe

n e

nvir

onm

enta

l co

ndit

ion

s ar

e po

or a

nd/o

r w

hen

gra

zin

g an

imal

s cr

op t

he

plan

ts.

Spi

kele

ts r

eadi

ly a

ttac

h t

o fu

r, c

loth

ing,

& v

ehic

les.

Con

trol

/Met

hods

: M

ech

anic

al, H

erbi

cide

use

, for

mor

e in

for-

mat

ion

h

ttp:

//ex

ten

sion

.usu

.edu

/ran

ge/G

rass

es/c

hea

tgra

ss.h

tm

htt

p://

wild

life.

uta

h.g

ov/w

ater

shed

s/lit

erat

ure

/lit

erat

ure

sub0

1.ph

p

Bio

cont

rol:

Usi

ng f

unga

l pat

hoge

ns.

htt

p://

ww

w.t

rees

earc

h.fs

.fed.

us/

pubs

/313

05

Ref

eren

ce:

Non

-nat

ive

inva

sive

pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

W

eeds

of

the

Wes

t. 9

th E

diti

on 2

002.

Add

ress

:

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“C

” R

ATI

NG

LO

W P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Tr

ibul

us te

rres

tris

L. -

TRT

E

FAM

ILY:

Zyg

ophy

llace

ae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

An a

nnua

l war

m s

easo

n w

eed.

Pla

nts

have

sev

eral

st

ems

up to

3 fe

et lo

ng ra

diat

ing

from

the

root

with

op

posi

te le

aves

div

ided

into

4 to

7 p

airs

of o

blon

g le

aflet

s 1/

8-1/

2 in

ch lo

ng.

Stem

s an

d fo

liage

ofte

n ha

ve s

ilky

bris

tly s

ilver

hai

rs.

Solit

ary

brig

ht y

ello

w fl

ower

s ha

ve 5

pe

tals

and

occ

ur o

n sh

ort s

talk

s. T

he s

eedp

ods

sepa

rate

in

to w

edge

-sha

ped

burs

or n

utle

ts, e

ach

with

two

stou

t sp

ines

1/8

- 1/

4 in

ch lo

ng.

Seed

lings

can

prod

uce

deep

ro

ot s

yste

ms

in a

few

wee

ks; fl

ower

s w

ithin

3 w

eeks

of

germ

inat

ion

and

burs

with

in 6

wee

ks.

The

seed

s re

mai

n vi

able

for d

ecad

es u

ntil

suffi

cien

t moi

stur

e is

pre

sent

for

germ

inat

ion.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

ope

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:W

ides

prea

d th

roug

hout

the

Sout

hwes

tern

U.S

. Th

eir

deep

root

sys

tem

s m

ake

them

diffi

cult

to e

rrad

icat

e.

Larg

e qu

antit

ies

can

be to

xic t

o liv

esto

ck, e

spec

ially

sh

eep.

The

see

dpod

s ca

n pu

nctu

re s

hoes

and

bic

ycle

tir

es.

Plan

ts o

ften

prod

uce

innu

mer

able

num

bers

mak

ing

it ha

rd to

pre

vent

s fr

om fa

lling

on

the

grou

nd.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Bi

olog

ical

, Her

bici

de

use,

app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntro

l

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

http

://ca

ls.a

rizo

na.e

du/b

acky

ards

/art

icle

s/sp

ring

08/p

13.

pdf

Refe

renc

e:

McC

losk

ey, W

.B.

Punc

ture

vine

Fac

t She

et.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ar

izon

a. 2

008.

WAN

TED

DEAD

PU

NC

TU

RE

VIN

E

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“C

” R

ATI

NG

LO

W P

RIO

RIT

Y W

EED

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NAM

E:Ae

gilo

ps cy

lindr

ical

(Hos

t) - A

ECY

FAM

ILY:

Poa

ceae

DES

CRIP

TIO

N:

A w

inte

r ann

ual r

each

ing

heig

hts

of 1

5 to

30

inch

es.

It is

clos

ely

rela

ted

to, a

nd ca

n in

terb

reed

w

ith w

heat

. It

s flo

wer

ing

port

ion

is s

lend

er a

nd

segm

ente

d an

d cl

osel

y re

sem

bles

wha

t unt

il sp

ikes

ap

pear

. Sp

ikel

ets

(join

ts) c

onta

in 1

to 3

via

ble

seed

s an

d di

sart

icul

ate

at m

atur

ity.

Plan

ts p

rodu

ce 1

to

man

y er

ect s

tem

s. L

eave

hav

e fin

ely

spac

ed, fi

ne

hair

s al

ong

the

leaf

edg

e an

d th

e sh

eath

ope

ning

.

ORI

GIN

: Eur

asia

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

ENTS

:Jo

inte

d go

atgr

ass

is fo

und

prim

arily

in th

e no

rth

cent

ral p

art o

f Ari

zona

and

New

Mex

co in

bot

h cu

ltiva

ted

and

uncu

ltiva

ted

area

s. I

t can

impe

de

whe

at p

rodu

ctio

n by

out

com

petin

g w

heat

for

reso

urce

s an

d se

eds

can

be h

ard

to s

epar

ate

from

w

heat

see

ds in

the

soil.

Als

o co

mm

only

gro

ws

in

area

s w

ith d

istu

rbed

soi

ls s

uch

as h

ighw

ay ri

ght-

of-w

ays,

vac

ant l

ots,

and

aba

ndon

ed fi

elds

. Al

so

com

mon

in p

astu

re, w

heat

crop

s, w

aste

are

as, f

ence

lin

es, a

nd a

lfalfa

fiel

ds.

CON

TRO

L/M

ETH

OD

S: M

echa

nica

l, Bi

olog

ical

, H

erbi

cide

use

, app

rove

d bi

o-co

ntro

l

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

http

://w

ww.

sout

hwes

tlear

ning

.org

/dow

nloa

d_pr

od-

uct/1

160/

0

Refe

renc

e:

Non

-nat

ive

Inva

sive

Pla

nts

of A

Z. 2

009.

Wee

ds o

f th

e W

est.

9th

Edi

tion

2002

.

WAN

TED

DEAD

JOIN

TE

D G

OA

TG

RA

SS

Bur

eau

of I

ndia

n A

ffai

rsN

avaj

o R

egio

n

MO

ENK

OP

I CO

OP

ERA

TIV

E W

EED

MA

NA

GEM

ENT

AR

EAN

OX

IOU

S W

EED

“B

” R

ATI

NG

MED

IUM

PR

IOR

ITY

WEE

D

SCIE

NTI

FIC

NA

ME

:C

ench

rus

ince

rtus

(CAV

.) - C

ESP

4

FAM

ILY:

Poa

ceae

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

:A

war

m s

easo

n an

nual

her

b th

at c

an s

omet

imes

al

so b

e a

shor

t-liv

ed p

eren

nial

. H

eigh

t ran

ges

from

8

to 2

4 in

ches

. Le

af b

lade

is 2

to 6

inch

es lo

ng a

nd

flat.

The

ste

m is

ere

ct, b

ut c

an a

lso

grow

alo

ng th

e gr

ound

. Th

e se

ehea

d is

a r

acem

e w

ith 6

to 2

0 sp

iny

burs

cov

ered

with

fine

har

, eac

h en

clos

ing

2 sp

ikel

ets,

an

d of

ten

topp

ed w

ith le

aves

.

OR

IGIN

: Sou

ther

n po

rtio

n of

US

(cla

ssifi

ed a

s no

xiou

s in

CA

and

AZ)

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

/CO

MM

EN

TS:

Sand

bur g

row

th s

tart

s in

ear

ly s

prin

g w

ith s

eedh

eads

ap

pear

ing

in J

uly.

Pla

nts

may

bec

ome

sem

i-dor

man

t w

hen

moi

stur

e is

sca

rce

and

gree

n up

and

pro

duce

se

eds

afte

r a

rain

. It

gro

ws

in tu

fts

and

dens

e m

ats

in d

ry s

andy

and

san

dy lo

am s

oils

. Th

is g

rass

is w

ell-

adap

ted

to w

aste

pla

ces,

old

fiel

ds, a

nd s

andy

floo

d pl

ains

. Pr

esen

ce u

sual

ly in

dica

tes

seve

rely

ove

ruse

d ra

nge.

The

bur

s ar

e in

juri

ous

to li

vest

ock

and

can

grea

tly r

educ

e th

e va

lue

of w

ool a

nd m

ohai

r.

CO

NTR

OL/

ME

THO

DS:

Mec

hani

cal,

Bio

logi

cal.

Pl

antin

g co

mpe

titiv

e gr

asse

s an

d gr

azin

g in

the

spri

ng c

an c

ontr

ol it

s gr

owth

and

spr

ead.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

nht

tp://

plan

ts.u

sda.

gov/

fact

shee

t/pdf

/fs_c

esp4

.pdf

http

://ca

ls.a

rizo

na.e

du/y

avap

ai/a

nr/h

ort/b

yg/a

rchi

ve/

field

sand

bur.h

tml

Ref

eren

ce:

Perc

y M

agee

, Pla

nt F

act S

heet

: Mat

San

dbur

. U

SDA

NR

CS

Nat

iona

l Pla

nt D

ata.

200

2.

WAN

TED

DEAD

FIE

LD

SA

ND

BU

R

43��

Appendix I. Scoping presentation

PPE

IS a

nd I

nteg

rate

d W

eed

ch’il

M

anag

emen

t P

lan

naha

t’1 f

or t

he

Nav

ajo

Nat

ion

Naa

beeh

0 B

in1h

1sdz

o B

urea

u of

Ind

ian

Aff

airs

W11

shin

doon

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ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

ltin

g, L

LC

U.S

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artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r,

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eau

of In

dian

Affa

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avaj

o R

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LC

Pres

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tion

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u of

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ed P

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Pr

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1 t’

11[a

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• B

IA w

ould

aut

horiz

e ne

w tr

eatm

ents

of n

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ch

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00 y

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es o

f Met

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0 ba

a’1h

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ual

•

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hani

cal

• C

ultu

ral

•

Bio

logi

cal

• C

hem

ical

ngLL

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abilit

atio

n –

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eo/C

hedi

ski F

ire

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. Dep

artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r, B

urea

u of

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an A

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avaj

o R

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n

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ps C

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osed

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rnat

ives

– c

ontin

ued

No

Act

ion-

Alte

rnat

ive

2 (n

aaki

) • N

o In

tegr

ated

Wee

d M

anag

emen

t tre

atm

ents

app

lied

to

any

Nav

ajo

Nat

ion

(Naa

beeh

0 B

in1h

1sdz

o).

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Her

bici

de-A

ltern

ativ

e 3

(t11

) •

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treat

men

t met

hods

exc

ept f

or c

hem

ical

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artm

ent o

f Int

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n ng

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er Q

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andi

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sitiv

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ant S

peci

es

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dang

ered

, Thr

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pose

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ensi

tive

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Spe

cies

•

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aten

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gere

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gem

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ecie

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ic H

ealth

•

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cono

mic

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ence

s - b

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l Res

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es

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red

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imal

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cts t

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r qua

lity

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n us

ing

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ical

trea

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ts

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road

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cts t

o ve

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tion

with

aer

ial n

on-s

elec

tive

chem

ical

sp

rayi

ng

• Te

mpo

rary

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ct o

f inc

reas

ed d

ust f

rom

mec

hani

cal t

reat

men

t N

o A

ctio

n ’4

7 doo

dago

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o In

tegr

ated

Wee

d M

anag

emen

t tre

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pect

ed c

hang

e to

air

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ity

ngLL

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erre

d A

ctio

n • P

rovi

de n

ativ

e ve

geta

tion

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ious

wee

ds to

ex

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in d

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ty

• B

est M

anag

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t Pra

ctic

es w

ill e

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rage

pro

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rang

e an

d w

ildlif

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out

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pete

nat

ive

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tatio

n

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reas

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty

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reas

e qu

ality

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e an

d w

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t ng

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d A

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mpr

ove

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e an

d ag

ricul

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l lan

ds

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tect

live

stoc

k • P

oten

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ive

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o liv

esto

ck fr

om c

hem

ical

exp

osur

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ncre

ase

prop

erty

val

ues

No

Act

ion

’47 d

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go -

No

Inte

grat

ed W

eed

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agem

ent t

reat

men

ts a

pplie

d

• Con

tinue

to re

duce

fora

ge fo

r liv

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tinue

to p

ose

a th

reat

to li

vest

ock

• Dec

reas

e pr

oduc

tivity

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

ands

• Dep

reci

ate

build

ings

, pro

perty

val

ue

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r,

Bur

eau

of In

dian

Aff

airs

- Nav

ajo

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artm

ento

fInt

erio

r ngLL

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ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

ltin

g, L

LC

Lis

ted,

Pro

pose

d, C

andi

date

or

Sens

itive

Sp

ecie

s Eff

ect –

b1h

as’ti

[ 11d

00 b

i[‘ho

’dil

ti[

Pref

erre

d A

ctio

n •

Dis

turb

ance

from

peo

ple

or e

quip

men

t may

impa

ct

• N

o he

rbic

ide

spra

ying

dur

ing

bree

ding

seas

on o

r in

area

s with

L,

P,C

,S p

lant

spec

ies

• B

uffe

r zon

es a

nd li

mite

d ap

plic

atio

n N

o A

ctio

n ’4

7 doo

dago

- N

o In

tegr

ated

Wee

d M

anag

emen

t tre

atm

ents

app

lied

• Lon

g-te

rm d

egra

datio

n of

hab

itat a

nd w

eed

expa

nsio

n

• Low

ers p

lant

div

ersi

ty

• Los

s of f

orag

e ch

’il h

0y44

’

• Ind

irect

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

s on

food

cha

in

ngLL

©Fr

ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

ltin

g, L

LC

Cul

tura

l Res

ourc

es E

ffec

t na

ha’s

e, c

h1’d

4i b

1has

’ti[ a

ad00

bi[‘

ho’d

il ti[

Pref

erre

d A

ctio

n • P

eopl

e or

equ

ipm

ent m

ay d

istu

rb si

tes

• Buf

fer z

ones

aro

und

cultu

ral r

esou

rces

• M

inim

al a

pplic

atio

n • C

onse

rve

and

prot

ect s

ites

N

o A

ctio

n ’4

7 doo

dago

- N

o In

tegr

ated

Wee

d M

anag

emen

t tre

atm

ents

app

lied

• Pr

even

t acc

ess t

o cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es

• Lo

ss o

f nat

ural

her

itage

and

trad

ition

al p

lant

s

• Po

tent

ial l

oss o

f arti

fact

s fro

m e

rosi

on

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r,

Bur

eau

of In

dian

Aff

airs

- Nav

ajo

Reg

ion

ngLL

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ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

ltin

g, L

LC

Surf

ace

Wat

er

To’

bik

11’g

00 b

1has

’ti[ a

ad00

bi[‘

ho’d

il ti[

Pref

erre

d A

ctio

n • S

tabi

lize

bank

s ch1

shk’

eh d

0 h0

’[e d

a •

Dec

reas

e tu

rbid

ity a

nd in

crea

se w

ater

qua

lity

t0 n

i[t0l

7g0

• Su

ppor

t nat

ural

geo

mor

phol

ogy

and

hydr

oreg

ime

No

Act

ion

’47 d

ooda

go -

No

Inte

grat

ed W

eed

Man

agem

ent t

reat

men

ts a

pplie

d

• Con

tinue

to in

crea

se e

rosi

on a

nd b

ank

line

inci

sion

bik

ook

d00

ch1s

hk’e

h ho

’[e

• Inc

reas

e su

rfac

e ru

noff

t0’ n

i’go

‘ay0

o’d0

0lee

h

• Inc

reas

e w

ater

turb

idity

t0’b

i’tsa

d00

leeh

• Cha

nge

in c

hann

el g

eom

orph

olog

y

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r, B

urea

u of

Indi

an

Aff

airs

- Nav

ajo

Reg

ion

ngLL

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ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

ltin

g, L

LC

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tant

ive

Com

men

ts

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e w

elco

me

your

subs

tant

ive

com

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

:

•Pr

esen

ts n

ew in

form

atio

n to

the

proj

ect a

nd/o

r al

tern

ativ

es

•D

evel

opm

ent o

f a n

ew a

ltern

ativ

e no

t con

side

red

•C

omm

ents

that

are

not

subs

tant

ive

incl

ude:

•

Valu

e-ty

pe c

omm

ents

that

do

not h

ave

data

to b

ack

up (i

.e. I

do

not l

ike

biol

ogic

al c

ontro

l) •

Do

not p

erta

in to

the

Plan

(nah

at’1

) •

Oth

er c

omm

ents

that

do

not r

equi

re re

spon

se in

EI

S (i.

e. e

xten

d sc

opin

g pe

riod)

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ed P

hilli

ps C

onsu

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LC

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men

ts a

nd Q

uest

ions

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nda’

id0[

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nits

1h1k

ees

d00

si

ihas

in

Add

ress

furth

er c

omm

ents

to:

Ren

ee B

enal

ly

Ren

ee.B

enal

ly@

bia.

gov

(928

) 283

-221

0

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Int

erio

r, B

urea

u of

Indi

an A

ffai

rs- N

avaj

o R

egio

n

Ah4

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.

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Appendix J. Comment Card

COMMENT CARDPublic Scoping Meetings

Bureau of Indian Affairs – Navajo RegionProgrammatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and

Integrated Weed Management Plan (IWMP)Name:Address:

E-Mail Address:Meeting Location:Date: Please indicate any comments/questions/concerns you may have on the following:Proposed Weed Removal Methods:

Priority Sites for Weed Management:

Alternatives:

Concerns:

Other:

P L E AS E L E AV E C AR D AT T HE S C OP ING ME E T ING or MAIL TO: Renee Benally, Acting Navajo Region Weed Coordinator, Western Navajo Agency, Branch of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 127, Tuba City, AZ 86045,Renee.Benally@bia.gov, (928) 283-2210.

C-1

Pesticide-impaired Waters of Arizona and New Appendix C.Mexico near the Navajo Nation

3/10/2016 List of Impaired Waters | Water Quality Assessment and TMDL Information | US EPA

https://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_impaired_waters.control?p_state=AZ&p_cycle=2008&p_cause_group_id=885&p_report_type= 1/2

List of Impaired Waters

Arizona Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2008

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbody Name MapStateBasinName

Location

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM AGUA FRIARIVER TO WATERMAN WASH

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM CENTENNIALWASH TO GILLESPIE DAM

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM GILLESPIE DAMTO RAINBOW WASH

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM HASSAYAMPARIVER TO CENTENNIAL WASH

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM RAINBOW WASHTO SAND TANK WASH

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM SALT RIVER TOAGUA FRIA RIVER

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZGILA RIVER, FROM SAND TANKWASH TO PAINTED ROCKRESERVOIR

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ GILA RIVER, FROM WATERMANWASH TO HASSAYAMPA RIVER

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ HASSAYAMPA RIVER, FROMBUCKEYE CANAL TO GILA RIVER

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070103

AZ PAINTED ROCK BORROW PIT LAKE DataUnavailable  

HUC:15070201

AZ PAINTED ROCK RESERVOIR,PERENNIAL WATER

WaterbodyMap

HUC:15070101

AZ SALT RIVER, FROM 23RD AVENUEWWTP OUTFALL TO GILA RIVER

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15060106

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List of Impaired Waters

Arizona Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2010

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbody Name Map State BasinName Location

AZ Gila River, from Salt river to agua friariver

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from agua fria river towaterman wah

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from gillespie damrainbow wash

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from hassayampa tocentennial wash

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from rainbow wash tosand tank

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from sand tank to paintedrock reservoir

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Gila River, from waterman wash tohassayampa river

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Hassayampa River, from BuckeyeCanal to Gila River

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070103

AZ Painted Rock Reservoir WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15070101

AZ Salt River, from 23rd Ave WWTP toGila River

WaterbodyMap   HUC:

15060106

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List of Impaired Waters

New Mexico Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2008

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbodyName Map

StateBasinName

Location

NM BRANTLEYRESERVOIR

WaterbodyMap    

NM

RITO DELOSFRIJOLES(RIOGRANDETO UPPERCROSSING)

WaterbodyMap

HUC:13020201, RIO GRANDESANTAFE WATERSHED. FORMS NORTHERNBOUNDARY TO BANDELIERNATIONAL MONUMENT ANDSOUTHERN BOUNDARY TO LOSALAMOS COUNTY. DRAINS BACA(JEMEZ) THROUGH BANDELIER TORIO GRANDE, BETWEEN WHITEROCK AND ALAMO CREEK.

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List of Impaired Waters

New Mexico Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2010

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbodyName Map

StateBasinName

Location

NM BRANTLEYRESERVOIR

WaterbodyMap    

NM

PECOSRIVER(BRANTLEYRESERVOIRTO RIOPEÑASCO)

WaterbodyMap

HUC 13060011, UPPER PECOSBLACKWATERSHED. BRANTLEY DAM ISBETWEEN ARTESIA AND CARLSBAD.THE RIO PENASCO CONFLUENCE ISABOUT 8 MILES DOWNSTREAMFROM ARTESIA AND 8 RIVER MILESUPSTREAM OF BRANTLEYRESERVOIR.

NM

PECOSRIVER (RIOPEÑASCOTO SALTCREEK)

WaterbodyMap HUC 13060007

NM

RITO DELOSFRIJOLES(RIOGRANDETO UPPERCROSSING)

WaterbodyMap

HUC 13020201, RIO GRANDESANTAFE WATERSHED.

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List of Impaired Waters

New Mexico Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2012

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbodyName Map

StateBasinName

Location

NM BRANTLEYRESERVOIR

WaterbodyMap    

NM

PECOSRIVER(BRANTLEYRESERVOIRTO RIOPEÑASCO)

WaterbodyMap

HUC 13060011, UPPER PECOSBLACKWATERSHED. BRANTLEY DAM ISBETWEEN ARTESIA AND CARLSBAD.THE RIO PENASCO CONFLUENCE ISABOUT 8 MILES DOWNSTREAMFROM ARTESIA AND 8 RIVER MILESUPSTREAM OF BRANTLEYRESERVOIR.

NM

PECOSRIVER (RIOPEÑASCOTO SALTCREEK)

WaterbodyMap HUC 13060007

NM

RITO DELOSFRIJOLES(RIOGRANDETO UPPERCROSSING)

WaterbodyMap

HUC 13020201, RIO GRANDESANTAFE WATERSHED.

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New Mexico Impaired Waters, Cause of Impairment Group:Pesticides, Reporting Year 2014

Description of this tableNOTE: Click on the underlined Waterbody Name for a detailed Listed WaterReport. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" for a map of the Listed Water.

StateWaterbody Name MapStateBasinName

Location

NM Brantley Reservoir WaterbodyMap   13060011  Upper

PecosBlack

NM Pecos River (Avalon Reservoirto Brantley Reservoir)

DataUnavailable  

13060011  UpperPecosBlack

NM Pecos River (Brantley Rsvrheadwaters to Rio Felix)

WaterbodyMap   13060011  Upper

PecosBlack

NM Pecos River (Rio Felix to SaltCreek)

WaterbodyMap   13060007  Upper

PecosLong Arroyo

NM Rito de los Frijoles (RioGrande to Upper Crossing)

WaterbodyMap   13020201  Rio

GrandeSanta Fe

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D-1

Maps of Potential Habitat on the Navajo Nation for Appendix D.all Federal and Tribally Listed Species

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Mustela Nigripes

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-1. Potential habitat - Black-footed ferretNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Gymnogyps californianus

0 10 205 Miles1 in = 15 mi

IFigure C-2. Potential habitat - California condorNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendEmpidonax traillii extimus

NNReservation

0 10 205 Miles1 in = 15 mi

IFigure C-3. Potential habitat - Southwestern willow flycatcherNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendStrix occidentalis lucida

NNReservation

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-4. Potential habitat - Mexican spotted owlNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendCoccyzus americanus

NNReservation

0 10 205 Miles1 in = 15 mi

IFigure C-5. Potential habitat - Western yellow-billed cuckooNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendOxyloma haydeni kanabense

NNReservation

0 10 205 Miles1 in = 15 mi

IFigure C-6. Potential habitat - Kanab ambersnailNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendPtychocheilus lucius

NNReservation

0 20 4010 Miles1 in = 20 mi

IFigure C-7. Potential habitat - Colorado pikeminnowNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendGila cypha

NNReservation

0 10 205 Miles1 in = 10 mi

IFigure C-8. Potential habitat - Humpback chubNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendXyrauchen texanus

NNReservation

0 20 4010 Miles1 in = 20 mi

IFigure C-9. Potential habitat - Razorback suckerNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendCatostomus discobolus yarrowi

NNReservation

0 25 5012.5 Miles1 in = 25 mi

IFigure C-10. Potential habitat - Zuni bluehead suckerNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendGila robusta

NNReservation

0 20 4010 Miles1 in = 20 mi

IFigure C-11. Potential habitat - Roundtail chubNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Pediocactus bradyi

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-12. Potential habitat - Brady pincushion cactusNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Pediocactus peeblesianus ssp. fickeiseniae

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-13. Potential habitat - Fickeisen Plains cactusNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Astragalus humillimus

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-14. Potential habitat - Mancos milkvetchNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Schlerocactus mesae-verdae

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-15. Potential habitat - Mesa Verde CactusNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Carex specuicola

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-16. Potential habitat - Navajo sedgeNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Carex specuicola

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-16. Potential habitat - Navajo sedgeNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Asclepias welshii

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-17. Potential habitat - Welsh's milkweedNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Erigeron rhizomatus

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-18. Potential habitat - Zuni/Rhizome fleabaneNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Allium goodingii

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-19. Potential habitat - Gooding's onionNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendHaliaeetus leucocephalus

NNReservation

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-20. Potential habitat - Bald eagle (MBTA)Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Aquila chrysaetos

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-21. Potential habitat - Golden eagle (MBTA)Navajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN,GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong),swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

LegendNNReservation

Lithobates pipiens

0 40 8020 Miles1 in = 40 mi

IFigure C-22. Potential habitat - Northern leopard frogNavajo Nation Integrated Weed Management Plan - Biological Assessment

E-1

Mitigation Measures Appendix E.