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Education

Noxious Weeds - Alamosa County's Worst Weed Offenders and How to Deal with Them

"Eradication" means reducing the reproductive success of a noxious weed species or specified noxious weed populations in largely uninfested regions to zero and permanently eliminating the species or population within a specified period of time.

"Elimination" means the removal or destruction of all emerged, growing plants of a population designated for eradication by the Commissioner.

"Containment" means maintaining an intensively managed buffer zone that separates infested regions, where suppression activities prevail, from largely uninfested regions.

"Suppression" means reducing the vigor of noxious weed populations within an infested region, decreasing the propensity of noxious weed species to spread to surrounding lands, deploying a wide variety of integrated management techniques.

Hoary Cress

Perennial Pepperweed

Canada Thistle

Targeted by Alamosa County for containment.

Hoary Cress Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for suppression.

Perennial Pepperweed Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for containment.

Canada Thistle Fact Sheet

Russian Knapweed

Yellow Toadflax

Russian Olive

Targeted by Alamosa County for suppression.

Russian Knapweed Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for eradication.

Yellow Toadflax Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for suppression.

Russian Olive Fact Sheet

Saltcedar

Black Henbane

Puncturevine

Targeted by Alamosa County for suppression.

Saltcedar Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for eradication.

Black Henbane Fact Sheet

Targeted by Alamosa County for suppression.

Puncturevine Fact Sheet

Soil Health

Adaptive Grazing

A leader in adaptive grazing, Allen R Williams, Ph.D., gave this presentation on adaptive grazing and Soil Health at Adams State University. Sponsored in part by the Mosca-Hooper Conservation District.

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Cattle, Cover Crops, Hope

A leader in soil health, Allen R Williams, Ph.D., gave this presentation on cattle and cover crops at Adams State University. Sponsored in part by the Mosca-Hooper Conservation District.

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General Soil Information

David Montgomery research presented by Allen R Williams, Ph.D. at Adams State University. Sponsored in part by the Mosca-Hooper Conservation.

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Water Quality & Quantity

Exploratory Consensus Process on Groundwater Conflict

Workshop, January 9, 2020 with Jeff Goebel to gather information from the wisdom of the people most affected to inform solutions on how to bring San Luis Valley groundwater use to sustainable levels.  

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Workshop Report Summary