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Prevention BMP Manual for Land Managers
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Prevention BMPs for Land Managers

Land management activities often involves travel between worksites. Equipment, vehicles, pack animals, clothing, boots, and materials can become vectors for the inadvertent spread of invasive plants.

These Best Management Practices (BMPs) are an important step for land managers to ensure that they are not spreading invasive plants from one work site to another. This manual presents an accessible overview of key prevention measures as well as ready-to-use checklists.

Preventing the Spread of Invasive Plants:
Best Management Practices
for Land Managers

Second edition

Download manual (4.8 MB pdf)

Contents:

    Prioritizing BMP Implementation

    Pre-Activity Assessment Outline

    Ch. 1. Planning BMPs

    Ch. 2. Project Materials BMPs

    Ch. 3. Travel BMPs

    Ch. 4. Tool, Equipment and Vehicle Cleaning BMPs

    Ch. 5. Clothing, Boots and Gear Cleaning BMPs

    Ch. 6. Waste Disposal BMPs

    Ch. 7. Soil Disturbance BMPs

    Ch. 8. Vegetation Management BMPs

Working on YST
Cleaning tools, equipment, and vehicles can reduce the spread of invasive plants.
Photo courtesy Martin Hutten, Yosemite National Park
    Ch. 9. Revegetation and Landscaping BMPs

Checklists:

General Resources

Prevention Resources

Glossary

Acknowledgements

This manual would not have been possible without the expert knowledge generously provided by technical team members across the state.

Funding was provided by the California Department of Food and Agriculture and USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds).

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Please cite this report as: Cal-IPC. 2012. Preventing the Spread of Invasive Plants: Best Management Practices For Land Managers. Cal-IPC Publication 2011-2. California Invasive Plant Council, Berkeley, CA. Available: www.cal-ipc.org

For more information, contact Cal-IPC's training program.

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