Invasive Species and Pest Management
Browse IndexInvasive species and pest management focus on preventative measures to reduce reliance on pesticides while minimizing negative impacts of pests and invasive species on environmental and economic resources. The guiding principle for these management strategies is to create conditions that are optimal for forage and livestock production and less favorable for invasive species and pest development.
Common pests pose a persistent threat to the cost-effective production of forage and livestock, often affecting food safety and biodiversity.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, pest management is defined as the practice of “utilizing environmentally sensitive prevention, avoidance, monitoring and suppression strategies to manage weeds, insects, diseases, animals and other organisms (including invasive and non-invasive species) that directly or indirectly cause damage or annoyance” to the healthy functioning of ecosystems and their related operations.
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Veno Ranch (2)
Hanna, Alberta
With her husband Murray McArthur, Marj Veno’s operation has grown from a 120-head commercial cow herd to 300 purebred and 300 commercial Angus cows on 5,050 hectares, the majority of which is native range.
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Z-BAR RANCH LLC
Barber County, Kansas
This project was designed to improve rangeland health for livestock, manage grazing distribution, control invasive trees, improve wetland management, and enhance habitat for aquatic and grassland-dependent wildlife species.
