The description and initial results of a knotweed herbicide treatment demonstration project on Haida Gwaii were published July 2013 by Denise McLean, Invasive Plant Specialist with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Due to the limited success using manual methods (e.g. salt water, cutting and smothering) in controlling knotweed, test plots using herbicide were tried. Stay tuned for further details as the trial progresses.
Land owners and managers have long recognized the need to control invasive plants to limit their impacts. In May 2018, a new smartphone app...
This will be of interest to those writing pest management plans or who work in the vegetation management field. Check out IVMA's website...
