Anticipating and Preventing the Spread of Invasive Plants

Encompassing some of the wildest and least populated territory in the state, the Klamath region of Northern California faces threats from invasive species in its wildland ecosystems. To protect the forests and rivers, restoration efforts began by applying county-scale mapping tool to identify and treat high-priority eradication target. The project, pioneered by two nonprofits Watershed Research and Training Center and California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC), has managed to remove thousands of mature plants, including the French broom. Nowadays, the team is working with citizen to systematically remove seedlings in order to achieve full eradication.