Controlling Japanese Knotweed in the Samish River Watershed- building partnerships with landowners to restore riparian function
Presentation Abstract
The Samish Indian Nation's Department of Natural resources has been working to fight Japanese Knotweed infestations in the entire Samish River Watershed for the past 3 years. We have successfully worked with a variety of landowners to survey the extent of infestations and initiate a comprehensive invasive control project. We have involved additional project partners such as Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group and leveraged additional funding sources to restore native plant populations and riparian function where knotweed has been removed. To date, nearly 90 acres of knotweed has been treated and 30 acres of riparian zone are scheduled to be replanted with native diverse plant species. This presentation will detail the project overall focusing on how to build landowner participation in a watershed that is very important from a salmonid production standpoint as well as an agricultural and private landowner perspective.
Session Title
Session S-08G: Rethinking Our Waterways: Effective Collaboration with Landowners, Project Partners and Decision Makers
Conference Track
Shorelines
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2-5-2014 8:30 AM
End Date
2-5-2014 10:00 AM
Location
Room 6E
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Japanese knotweed--Control--Washington (State)--Samish River Watershed
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Samish River Watershed (Wash.)
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Text
Language
English
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Controlling Japanese Knotweed in the Samish River Watershed- building partnerships with landowners to restore riparian function
Room 6E
The Samish Indian Nation's Department of Natural resources has been working to fight Japanese Knotweed infestations in the entire Samish River Watershed for the past 3 years. We have successfully worked with a variety of landowners to survey the extent of infestations and initiate a comprehensive invasive control project. We have involved additional project partners such as Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group and leveraged additional funding sources to restore native plant populations and riparian function where knotweed has been removed. To date, nearly 90 acres of knotweed has been treated and 30 acres of riparian zone are scheduled to be replanted with native diverse plant species. This presentation will detail the project overall focusing on how to build landowner participation in a watershed that is very important from a salmonid production standpoint as well as an agricultural and private landowner perspective.
