Summary: These report examine the general effects on the environment of using treatment methods, including fire use, herbicides as well as mechanical, manual, and biological control methods to treat hazardous fuels, invasive species, and other unwanted or competing vegetation. Together, herbicide and non-herbicide treatments make up the integrated pest management program that the BLM would apply to approximately 6 million acres annually of public lands in 17 western states including Alaska.
States covered in these studies: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
Documents: All of the report listed below are stored on the CD-ROM that was issued in the back pocket of volume 1 of Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States.