Holding The Line Gateway
You are encouraged to visit http://helpholdtheline.com for a complete understanding of the project.
The Biocontrol In Your Backyard portal does not replace content found at helpholdtheline.com.
The portal focus is on training media that may not be available at helpholdtheline.com.
Holding The Line is a project which emerged out of a shared conviction that invasive plants, such as Euphorbiae esula (leafy spurge), must be prevented from expanding their ranges in Eastern Idaho and invading the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Yellowstone National Park. As invasive species do not respect jurisdictional boundaries; to be most effective, local, state, and federal need to coordinate and collaborate their management efforts. As the partners worked together, the geographic scope of the project grew to include the entire Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The project is active in SE Idaho, and the team is working to expand the partnership into Wyoming and Montana [1].
The project works across jurisdictions and state-lines. It brings together landowners, land managers and those responsible for weed management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. It is managed by an interdisciplinary steering committee composed of federal, state, and local land managers, private citizens and county weed authorities. The Steering Committee develops:
- Common weed management objectives
- Sets realistic weed management priorities
- Facilitates effective weed treatment
- Coordinates weed mapping, monitoring, and education efforts within the GYE
The Project Steering Committee assists the partnerships planning efforts by:
- Coordinating weed management efforts across jurisdictional boundaries
- Facilitating the pooling of resources
- Seeking out and field testing new technologies (digital mapping, Google Earth, spread prediction models, monitoring protocols, etc.)
- Finding existing bio-control vectors and makes them available locally, e.g. establishing insectaries.
- Ensuring inventory and monitoring data are collected yearly and data bases are maintained
- Coordinating needed training
- Providing information and tools to partners for effective planning [2]
Holding The Line Project Background Interviews With Partners July 2010
- * Training Program Overview
- * Lessons Learned
- * Student Professional Development
Holding The Line Project 2010 End of the Year Report
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