Spring Valley CWMA Presentation

The mission of the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition is to restore the dynamic, diverse, resilient landscapes of the arid and semi-arid

West for present and future generations through education, research, advocacy, partnerships, and the implementation of on-the-

ground projects.

Tri County Weed Project

• Established 2001 • Lincoln, Nye and White

Pine Counties • Brainchild of a former

extension agent for White Pine County

Newark/Long Valley CWMA

• Established in 2002 • Established on a

watershed basis • Established because of a

leafy spurge infestation • Weeds of concern: leafy

spurge, perennial pepperweed, hounds tongue, hoary cress, thistles

2003 CWMAs

• White River CWMA – agricultural concerns

• Railroad Valley CWMA because of Perennial pepperweed and knapweed issues

• Continued to use watershed boundaries as the boundaries for the CWMAs

2004 Steptoe Valley CWMA • Started in the mining

community of Ruth because of Spotted knapweed infestations.

• Expanded to include all of Steptoe Valley and Smith Valley

• Weeds of concern: spotted knapweed, hounds tongue, hoary cress, thistles, Dalmatian toadflax

2005 Snake Valley CWMA • Crosses the state line into

Utah • MOU with the Fillmore, UT

BLM office • MOU with Great Basin

National Park • County weed managers

from Utah included in the CWMA contacts

• Weeds of concern tamarisk, hounds tongue, thistles, Russian olive, puncture vine

2006 Spring Valley CWMA

• Also established along the watershed boundaries

• Largest private land owner is the Southern Nevada Water Authority

• Weeds of concern: thistles, hoary cress, puncture vine, spotted knapweed

2010 and 2011 CWMAs

• 2010 the Upper Meadow Valley CWMA formed

• 2011 the Golden Gate CWMA formed

• Panaca CWMA was formed in 2006 but disbanded two years later

2013 Pahranagat Valley • ENLC was asked to take

over as fiscal manager for the Pahranagat Valley CWMA in 2013

• CWMA contains two state wildlife areas and one USFWS area

• Critical migratory bird habitat and willow fly catcher habitat

• Weeds of concern: hoary cress, thistles, Russian olive, Black henbane

2014 Southern Nevada CWMA • Encompasses all of Clark

County and portions of Lincoln and Nye Counties

• 2nd attempt to establish a CWMA

• Very large urban population (2 million +)

• Weeds of concern: Malta star thistle, yellow star thistle, tamarisk, Green Fountain Grass,

Eastern Nevada Cooperative Weed Management Areas

• 10 CWMAs to date • More than 19.2 million

acres covered by these CWMAs = 26.8 % of the state of Nevada

• Make up of the acreages: private, BLM, Forest Service, Tribal, Military, National and State Parks

Funding • We compete annually for

funding • To date all funding has

come from grants or cooperative agreements

• Nevada does not have a dedicated funding source for fighting invasive species

• Total funding to date: $1,874,435 or 9.7 cents/acre

Collaboration

Some of the Partners

• Private land owners/managers

• BLM • US Forest Service • Nevada Dept. of Ag • Nevada Dept. of

Wildlife • USFWS • Great Basin National

Park

• Ely Shoshone Tribe • Duckwater Shoshone

Tribe • Moapa Band of Paiutes • Lake Mead National

Recreation Area • Bureau of Reclamation • Nevada Division of

Forestry • Mining Companies

A Collaborative Partnership

• ENLC provides non-profit status • ENLC provides grant writing and

fiscal management • Tri-County provides weed

expertise and equipment and manpower

• ENLC and Tri-County provide general support for the CWMAs

• Land owners/managers provide labor, equipment, funding

• Agency partners provide funding and treatment on their lands

Tools Used

• Chemical • Mechanical • Livestock • Biocontrol • Hand labor • Reseeding

On the Ground Accomplishments

• Treated over 313,736 acres of weed infestations since 2003 Inventoried over 10 million acres since 2002

• Identified over 1,200 infestations

• Annual White River Valley Volunteer Day

More Accomplishments

• Snake Valley Water Hemlock pull

• Snake Valley Community Center Clean-up

• Snake Valley Elementary School grounds

• Seeding corners of pivots • S. NV CWMA Fountain

Grass Volunteer Projects

Education and Outreach Accomplishments

• ENLC hosts a Winter Weed Conference every January - offering CEUs and the applicator’s exam

• Meet at least twice a year with each CWMA

• Distribution of weed booklets at meetings, walk ins, feed stores, conferences, county fair

Challenges • Keeping people motivated and

involved • Lack of funding for the Forest

Service lands and declining BLM budgets and grant sources

• Lack of any consistent statewide funding and program

• Very small weed program at NDA • Continual formation of new roads

and two tracks because of OHV recreation

• Resource damage because of extremely high wild horse numbers

• Wildfires

The Next Generation

Questions?

Contact Information

Betsy Macfarlan Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition 775.289.7974 ext. 1# execdir@envlc.org Website: envlc.org