Leslie Ferguson is a botanist on the Three Rivers Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest. Ferguson has worked for the Kootenai National Forest since 1982. Other work assignments include interdisciplinary team membership on many environmental assessments and impact statements, team leader on the Cibola National Forest invasive plant management environmental impact statement, two district staff details, and field experience in timber marking, cruising, and stand exams. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1984 with a degree in forest science. Other published work includes an article on Eurasian watermilfoil in Montana Outdoors (July/August 2000).

Celestine Lacey Duncan is the owner of Weed Management Services in Helena, MT. She received a bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University in agronomy and soil sciences and a master's degree in weed science with a minor in range science from Montana State University in 1985. She worked for Montana State University as a research associate and at the Montana Department of Agriculture as State weed coordinator from 1985 to 1988. Since 1988, she has been owner and operator of Weed Management Services, a private consulting company specializing in noxious weed research and management in the Pacific Northwest. Duncan served for 2 years as vice-chairperson of the National Invasive Species Advisory Committee.

Kathleen Snodgrass came to the Missoula Technology and Development Center as a project leader in 2001 from the Nez Perce National Forest. She had been the facilities architect for the Nez Perce National Forest for about 7 years and had worked in facilities, landscape architecture, land line, and general engineering on the forest for about 10 years before that. Snodgrass spent 10 years in highway design and construction with the Idaho Division of Highways after graduating from Washington State University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies.

Library Card

Ferguson, Leslie; Duncan, Celestine Lacey; Snodgrass, Kathleen. 2003. Backcountry Road Maintenance and Weed Management. 0371 2811P. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 22 p.

Provides recommendations for reducing or eliminating the spread of weeds during road maintenance. Noxious weed species frequently colonize roads and are likely to be spread during road maintenance. Roadway maintenance should not be undertaken without coordination between the maintenance crew and the noxious weed specialist. Recommendations in this report are based on weed biology, observations, and road maintenance practices rather than actual research. Included is a list of references, links to a few Web-based resources, and addresses for manufacturers of soil binders (that can reduce the need for road maintenance), and an appendix containing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Northern Region's Noxious Weed Best Management Practices. [slightly revised November 2012]

Keywords: best management practices, brushing, grading, invasive species, mowing, noxious weeds, road grading, roadsides, seed, soil binders

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