Ditch and Watercourse Maintenance [Location] [Date] Weeds and Roads D. PolsterJ. Leekie.

Ditch and Watercourse Maintenance[Location]

[Date]

Weeds and Roads

D. PolsterJ. Leekie

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Best Practices for Ditching

•Invasive Plants and Impacts

•The Contractor’s Role

•Best Practices

•Priority Plants

Overview

Common Tansy

L. Scott

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Definition

Invasive Plants

• Invasive plants are non-native plants thatcan cause significant damage.

• They spread very quickly, displacing and sometimes eliminating native plants

• They are sometimes called ‘noxious weeds’

CRD

Orange Hawkweed

Marsh Plume Thistle

Economic

•Agriculture and Ranching

•Forestry

•Transportation

Impacts

BC MAL

Oxeye Daisy

Environmental

•Reduced biodiversity

•Increased erosion and sedimentation

Impacts

CRD

B. Tokarska-Guzik, bugwood.org

Sulphur Cinquefoil

Your Role

Guidance Documents

•B.C. Weed Control Act

•Environmental Best Practices

•MoT Best Practices Guide

Your Role

What can you do to manage invasive plantsduring ditch and watercoursemaintenance?

Your Role

Your Role

VIDEO CLIP

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What Should Happen Here?

Best Practices

L. Scott

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What’s Gone Wrong Here?

Best Practices

L. ScottL. Scott

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What Should Happen Here?

Best Practices

R. Mueller

Brown Knapweed

Priority Plants within the District

•[plant common and scientific name]

•[plant common and scientific name]

•[plant common and scientific name]

Plants of Concern

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For More Information…

Contact your local Regional Committee

Call 1-888-WEEDSBCVisit

www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca