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Weed Prevention Areas

Preventing weed invasions is the most cost and time effective way of managing invasive species because prevention is a proactive approach. 

What are Weed Prevention Areas? 

Often part of a Coordinated Weed Management Area, Weed Prevention Areas are made up of unified community members sharing common goals to protect land resources from invasive weeds through coordinated implementation of group- designed integrated plans of prevention, early intervention, and ecosystem management.

These plans developed though a series of meetings include:  

  • A plan for mapping areas to delineate weed-free areas, areas at risk for invasive species and those areas with infestations of invasive species  
  • Developing and implementing prevention strategies
  • Developing and implementing educational programs
  • Developing and implementing early detection and alert systems
  • Designing eradication programs for new infestations

Some tools to help your weed prevention efforts in your community:

Weed Wheel

"Establishing Weed Prevention Areas and Evaluating Their Impact" An Academic Poster by Stephanie D. Christensen for the Western Society of Weed Science Academic

 The Weed Wheel
management strategies to prevent the spread of invasive weeds by preventing seed dispersal
Simple instructions to create your Weed Wheel

Download the PDF and print your Weed Wheel

"Establishing Weed Prevention Areas and Evaluating Their Impact- an academic poster presented at the Western Society of Weed Science annual meeting