Project Overview

Location:

Eagle County

The Issue:

• Tamarisk is an invasive species
• Decreases survival of native plants
• Restructures ecosystems

The Project:

• Remove Tamarisk

 

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The tamarisk tree was introduced into the US as an ornamental, a windbreak, and a shade tree in the early 1800s.  They were also planted along the railroad banks to control erosion and were extensively used in the Dust Bowl era as a means to hold the soil in place.

 

Unfortunately, they also consume vast quantities of water thereby reducing the quantity available to native species and human consumption.  Thanks to eradication efforts Eagle county can boast of being a tamarisk free county.

 

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For more information regarding tamarisk removal go to:

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/index.html#http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/tamarisk.html

 

Tamarisk sucks life out of state’s rivers

AG Journal

http://www.agjournalonline.com/homepage/x135758227/Tamarisk-sucks-life-out-of-state-s-rivers

(Friday, July 17, 2009)

 

Tamarisk Newsletter - October 2009

Tamarisk Newsletter Oct-2009

 

Encyclopedia.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/tamarisk.aspx