The UP, USFS, BLM, Montrose County, NRCS, and The Nature Conservancy have successfully inventoried and developed integrated weed management strategies for almost 500,000 acres! 

To read more about individual plans, follow the links below.

These efforts have been made possible by a 2005 Uravan Mill Natural Resources Damage Fund Grant that was awarded to Montrose County, the US Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy and the Bureau of Land Management for natural conservation and reclamation through weed management.  The UP received grant money from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Forest Foundation, EnCana, and the Center for Invasive Plant Management Grant to develop Coordinated Weed Management Area Plans and Treatment Programs for this area.  Because of the varied land status of the Uravan Area and the awarding of funds to the different entities, it was agreed that a collaborative effort was needed in order to accomplish an effective and efficient program.

The purpose of this project is to facilitate cooperation among all land managers and private landowners for the mapping, monitoring, control, and prevention of weeds within a WMA.  The formation of a CWMA Plan replaces jurisdictionalboundaries that can be barriers to proper weed management with natural and more logical boundaries.  An exciting aspect of the current grant money awarded is the opportunity to provide a Cost Share Program for private landowners in the West End of Montrose County. 

Coordinated treatment of the “West Montrose County WMAs” was initiated in 2006 by the WMA partners and will continue through 2011.  Treatment will commence in Spring 2008, following the treatment strategies outlined within the CWMA Plans.   Efforts will focus on the highest priority noxious weed species.

Boundary Map of the West Montrose County WMAs