Designated watershed area county wide yellowstone county, montana project abstract the objective of this agreement is for noxious weed control on BLM properties in yellowstone county the need for…

Designated watershed area county wide yellowstone county, montana project abstract the objective of this agreement is for noxious weed control on BLM properties in yellowstone county the need for noxious weed control on federal land and surrounding federal land is critical to the future sustainability and ecological health of the overall ecosystem noxious weeds are devastating to the landscape, wildlife, native vegetation, and agriculture practices, so IT so necessary to continue management efforts in these areas comply with current federal and montana state pesticide laws and regulations the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act of 1972, as amended, p l 92 516 requires that all personnel applying restricted use pesticides are certified in the use of these pesticides or under the direct supervision of certified applicators additionally, IT will be the policy of the BLM that all non restricted pesticides shall be applied by certified applicators or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator comply with current federal and montana state pesticide laws and regulations the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act of 1972, as amended, p l 92 516 requires that all personnel applying restricted use pesticides are certified in the use of these pesticides or under the direct supervision of certified applicators additionally, IT will be the policy of the BLM that all non restricted pesticides shall be applied by certified applicators or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator statement of need to control new and existing county listed and state listed noxious weeds technical approach all personnel involved in planning, reviewing, supervising, or applying pesticides are adequately trained to handle pesticides and equipment properly this ensures that control measures are applied with maximum safety, efficiency, and economy continued training, periodic examinations and appropriate certification of personnel are required to safeguard against misuse, prevent contamination of the environment, and protect public lands provide copies of pesticide application records PAR for each application site recording the date of application, start time, finish time, amount of herbicide, surfactant and DYE applied, and acres treated meet with the billings field office weed coordinator prior to beginning any work, to decide on method of application, type of herbicide, and rate to be used, timing of application, target species, and objective of treatment project monitoring and evalution planblm lands that are currently monitored will continue to be monitored and treated on a yearly basis throughout the growing season each year all areas will be evaluated for priority and treatment options depending on species of noxious weeds that are present