Recommended best management practices for Colorado's globally imperiled plants: practices to reduce the impacts of road maintenance activities to plants of concern
Date
2017
Authors
Panjabi, Susan, author
Smith, Gabrielle, author
Colorado Natural Heritage Program, publisher
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Abstract
Colorado supports habitat for approximately 120 globally imperiled plant species (Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University 2017). These plants are in need of conservation attention to prevent unnecessary extirpations and extinctions. Numerous populations of these globally imperiled plants are known from roadside locations in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Colorado Natural Areas Program at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) are working together to ensure that information about the roadside plant populations is made available to the people and organizations managing and working along the roadways. Location information is critical to communicate so that road crews, weed managers, and others can avoid preventable harm to the plants.
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Prepared for: the Colorado Natural Areas Program.
June 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
June 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
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globally imperiled plants
road maintenance impact
special management areas
noxious weed management
roadside plants