Priority Weeds
Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership Members
- City of Henderson
- City of Las Vegas
- City of North Las Vegas
- Clark County Parks and Recreation
- Clark County Public Works - Vector Control
- Lake Las Vegas Resort
- Nevada Department of Agriculture
- Southern Nevada Water Authority
- US Bureau of Reclamation
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US National Park Service
- US Natural Resources Conservation Service
- University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership
Partnership Formed
To address the weed problem in the Wash, the LVWPCT initiated the formation of the Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership (Partnership). With a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pulling Together Initiative, the Partnership held its first meeting in June 2002. The group was tasked to establish a Weed Management Area, develop an Integrated Weed Management Plan, conduct on-the-ground weed control activities, improve public awareness of weeds and pursue additional funding. With a project timeline of just one year, the Partnership quickly mobilized to action and is well on its way to achieving its first year goals.
The Boundary of Influence of the Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership is the Lower Las Vegas Wash. A nine-mile stretch of the Wash located from Vegas Valley Drive to Lake Las Vegas. Though this area is just one portion of the Las Vegas Valley Watershed, it is a major seed source for downstream Lake Mead and the Lower Colorado River system. Partnership efforts in the Wash work in tandem with activities outside of the established boundary of influence. The current boundary of influence may expand as deemed appropriate by the Partnership in the future.
The mission of the Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership is to promote awareness among the landowners and land managers within the hydrographic basin, facilitate cooperation and collaboration, to create a weed control plan and implement on the ground weed management activities in the Lower Las Vegas Wash.
Top three priority weeds
The Partnership has identified three weeds of concern for its WEED HIT LIST: tall whitetop, giant reed and tamarisk. The ranking was based on potential for control, threat to the ecosystem, size of infestation and ongoing control activities already in place. Listed as a Noxious Weed by the State of Nevada:
Find out more about noxious weeds at the Las Vegas Wash (Good Weeds Gone Bad factsheet).
Local Partners
The Clark County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CC-MSHCP) has provided funding for the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 control activities in the Las Vegas Wash.
Federal Partners
Through funding from the CC-MSHCP and the Conservation Fund the National Park Service has conducted trial treatment methods on the Las Vegas Wash in spring 2002. The Bureau of Reclamation supplied herbicide for the fall 2002 and spring 2003 management activities and provided funding for the biannual weed treatments conducted by the National Park Service in 2004. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation provided valuable funding for the coordination of the Las Vegas Wash Weed Partnership efforts for 2002 to 2004.
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