Salt Cedar Eradication Program Succeeding at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas
The Southern Plains Park Group was awarded funding through the Natural Resources Protection Program (NRPP) in FY 2000 to begin a long-term salt cedar eradication program. The primary goal was to remove approximately 6,000 acres of salt cedar around Lake Meredith NRA (LAMR) to improve water quality an quantity, allow native species to return, improve the threatened Arkansas River Shiner habitat by increasing stream flow, and provide for additional recreational usage and protection of visitor health and safety. Two primary objectives were to chemically treat and monitor salt cedar along streambeds, riverbanks, and the lake shoreline following the introduction of prescribed fire, and to perform chemical and mechanical treatments along streambeds, riverbanks, and the lake shoreline where salt cedar is not dominant. During FY00 to FY02 seasons, a 4-person Salt Cedar Reduction Crew treated a total of 832 acres of post-prescribed fire lands and 1,444 acres of mechanically treated lands, totaling 2,286 acres combined. Additionally, 1,500 acres of salt cedar is scheduled for burning and chemical treatment from FY03 to FY05.
Roller chopping salt cedar
National Park Service
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