MOTI Invasive Plant Webinar - April 2024
April 23, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
This event has now passed.
Invasive plants have significant, widespread impacts on provincial land and environmental values. Highway rights-of-ways can be a major pathway for the spread of invasive plants. MOTI staff and contractors, land managers, and others have a responsibility to mitigate invasive plant impacts. The ISCMV and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure offered this free invasive plant webinar to provide an introduction to invasive plants and an overview of MOTI’s prevention and management program. The webinar focused on the Lower Mainland District, but all MOTI staff and contractors who work in the South Coast Region may find these resources relevant.
If you participated in this event, please take a moment to fill out this 4-question survey to help us plan future events. The recording, presenter slides and links provided during this event are below:
Best Practices for Managing Invasive Plants on Roadsides - A Pocket Guide for B.C.'s Maintenance Contractors (PDF) - contact Krista for a hard copy
Provincial Public Land “Top 25” Invasive Plant Species Priorities (Feb 2023 - still current for 2024)
Provincial Invasive Species Roadside webpage (including links to videos)
April 2019 - Herbicide Guidelines for Control of Knotweed Species on Crown Lands
Contact information for ISCBC and regional invasive species organizations across BC
Reporting Invasive Species in BC
Videos:
ISCMV YouTube Channel: ID and management videos for key species
ISCMV Instagram: invasive species video reels
Knotweed and Transportation Corridors (ISCBC)
Best Management Practices for Invasive Plants During Gravel Pit Operations (ISCBC)
Webinar: A Successful Approach to Strategic Invasive Plant Management in Gravel Pits (ISCBC)
Key invasive plant legislation and documents:
BC Weed Control Act and Regulation (includes a list of regulated plants)
Invasive Species Early Detection & Rapid Response (including Proposed Prohibited Noxious Weeds)
Provincial Pest Management Plans
Native Plants & PlantWise Resources
PlantWise and Grow Me Instead Guide for BC (alternatives for invasive plants)
GrowGreen (A Guide to Eco-Friendly Lawns and Gardens in Metro Vancouver)
ISCMV Native Species Resources page
Japanese Beetle Information
Japanese beetle Look Alikes Factsheet
Japanese beetle regulated areas - interactive map (Find out if you are in a Japanese beetle-regulated area)
General Information on Japanese beetle (Invasive Species Council of British Columbia)
Report all suspect Japanese beetles, feeding damage or damanaged/misplaced traps to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency by calling: 604-292-5742 or by emailing BCPF.Japanese.beetle@inspection.gc.ca (with insect photos attached when possible)