Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Websites
- Keep Wyoming Wild & Beautiful: Wyoming Weed & Pest Districts (Wyoming Weed & Pest Council)
Barnyards & Backyards Articles & Websites
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: Weed free forage for my horse before our hunting trip
- Prevention, Most Effective Method to Stop Invasive Species
- Weed and Pest Districts Exist to Assist Landowners
- Weeds on the Move: Ways to Stop the Spread
- Which Plant and Animal Species are Poised to Become Invasive in Wyoming
- You Can Help Keep Invasive Weeds at Bay
Barnyards & Backyards Articles
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- All in the Timing: There's A Season for Everything and One is Weed Management
- Controlling Noxious Weeds on Your Place
- Controlling Weeds in Horse Pastures
- Fall is a Good Time for Weed Management
- Get Control of Weeds on Your Place
- Get the Upper Hand on Weeds in the Vegetable Garden
- Manage Weeds by Reducing Deposits to the Seed Bank
- Noxious Weeds, To Pull or Not to Pull? Did Shakespeare Have Weed Problems?
- Prevention, Most Effective Method to Stop Invasive Species
- Pulling, Mowing, Burning Can Help Stop Weed Spread After Going to Seed
- Some Wyoming Invasive Weed Areas Are Biological Warfare Battlegrounds
- Strategies to Defeat Weeds: Tackle Land Management Issues First THEN Implement Control Measures
- Taking Back Your Pasture: The Weed Management
- Weeds on the Move: Ways to Stop the Spread
- Weeds Getting Your Garden Down? Don't Give Up Yet!
- What's the Deal With Invasive Annual Grasses
- You Can Help Keep Invasive Weeds at Bay
Barnyards & Backyards Articles
Barnyards & Backyards Featured Landower Articles
Other Publications & Resources
Weed Treatment Options This table will help you identify various Integrated Pest Management (IPM) weed treatments
for a wide range of weed species.
Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) This web site provides info on identification, management & control of
invasive annual grasses (cheatgrass, medusahead, ventenata, etc)
Weed Control in Garden and Lawn (UW CES pub B-909R Written 2003)
Weed Control in Alfalfa (UW CES pub B-1126 Written 2002)
Videos
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Aquatic Nuisances Can Cause Big Problems if not Caught Early
- Correct Identification of Weeds a Critical Step
- Do You Know These Infamous Weeds? Weed Quiz
- Edible Weeds of the Home and Garden
- Good Plant? Bad Plant? What is it Anyway?
- Keeping Wyoming Safe From Invasion: Identifying Potential Weed Problems
- Name That Thistle
- Native & Non-Native Plants: Weeding Out the Bad From the Good
- Picking Plants: How to Collect and Preserve Plants for Identification
- Wyoming Weed Puzzle: Test Your Knowledge of a Few of Wyoming's Noxious Weeds!
Other Publications
- Some Common Wyoming Weeds (University of Wyoming Extension FFA Weed Study Guide site)
- USDA-NRCS State Search for Noxious Weeds (navigate this page to identify noxious weeds in Wyoming)
- Weeds of the West premier source of weed identification- large file ( UW Extension Pub WSWS-I)
- Wyoming State Designated Weed List: Identify Noxious Species (Wyoming Weed & Pest Council Website)
- Weed Seedling Identification Guide for the Northern Great Plains has pictures of seedlings for a variety of weeds, many in WY (Montana State University)
- Wyoming Weed Watchlist Field Guide (UW Extension Pub B-1227)
Videos
- Collecting Plants for Identification and Vouchering (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2010)
- Watching for Weeds & ID (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
Barnyards & Backyards Articles
Other Publications
Weeds of the West (Premier resource for identifying weeds. Seriously big files.)
Wyoming Weed Handbook (WY Weed & Pest Council - Pictures to help you ID plants on the state list.) Other noxious weed resources
Wyoming Noxious Weeds (USDA NRCS)
Some common Wyoming Weeds (University of Wyoming)
Wyoming Weed Watchlist Field Guide (University of Wyoming publication 2013)
Weed Seedling Identification Guide for the Northern Great Plains (has pictures of seedlings for a variety of weeds, many in WY) (Montana State University)
Videos
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Calibrating Sprayer Most Important Step Before Treating Weeds
- Four Herbicides for the Landowner
- How to Use GPS to Help Calibrate Sprayers
- Perfect Herbicide Still a Fantastic Dream; Until Then...
- Pesticide Applicator Licenses
Other Publications
- Weed Control in Alfalfa with Pursuit (UW Extension Pub B-1021, 1995)
Videos
- Controlling Difficult Weeds (Barnyards and Backyards Live!)
- Weed Problems Video Playlist series of short videos about weed problems (UWyo Extension)
- Tips for Measuring Slow Speeds in Pesticide Application (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2009)
Barnyards & Backyards Articles
Other Publications
Weed Control in Alfalfa with Pursuit (UW CES pub B-1021 Written 1995)
Videos
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: Russian Knapweed Control
- Ask Sam: Tamarisk
- Cheatgrass: The Ecology, Biology, and Control of a Biological Time Bomb
- Featured Landowners: Weed Warriors Purge Their Spurge
- Is Russian Olive Really a Noxious Weed in Wyoming
- Neighbors Team to Control Russian Olive
- Spring- A Great Time to Get a Grip on Cheatgrass Control
- Winter: The Perfect Time to Rid Property of Russian Olives
Other Publications & Resources
- Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) This web site provides info on identification, management & control of invasive annual grasses (cheatgrass, medusahead, ventenata, etc)
- Plains Prickly Pear Cactus Control ( UW Extension Pub B-1074, 1999)
Videos
- Cheatgrass on the Gasper Property (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2009)
- Cheatgrass Treatment on the Casper Property (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2009)
Cheatgrass Workshop Sept. 28,2011
- Cheatgrass Workshop Introduction ((Jim Cotterman, Platte Co. Weed & Pest; Kellie Chichester, Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming, 2:14 min)
- Cheatgrass Biology & Impacts- Cheatgrass Workshop ((Mae Smith, Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming; 25:35 min)
- Chemical Control of Cheatgrass (Current Options)- Cheatgrass Workshop ((Brian Mealor, Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming; 36:07 min)
- Grazing for Cheatgrass Management- Cheatgrass Workshop ((Rachel Mealor, Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming; 34:35 min)
- Cheatgrass Management Strategies & Field Trip Intro- Cheatgrass Workshop ((Brian Mealor, Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming; 9:02 min)
Cheatgrass Workshop Field Trip, 2011
- Plot Layout PDF
- Cover Data PDF
- Field Trip (Video Part 1 of 2)
- Field Trip (Video Part 2 of 2)
Barnyards & Backyards Articles
Is Russian olive really a noxious weed in Wyoming? Native and Non-Native Plants: Weeding Out the Bad from the Good
Other Publications & Resources
Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) This web site provides info on identification, management & control of
invasive annual grasses (cheatgrass, medusahead, ventenata, etc)
Plains Prickly Pear Cactus Control (UW CES pub B-1074 Written 1999)
Videos
Cheatgrass Workshop Sept 28, 2011
Workshop Introduction (Jim Cotterman, Platte Co. Weed & Pest; Kellie Chichester, UW CES; 2:14 min)
Cheatgrass Biology and Impacts (Mae Smith, UW CES; 25:35 min)
Chemical Control of Cheatgrass - Current Options (Brian Mealor, UW CES; 36:07 min)
Grazing for Cheatgrass Management (Rachel Mealor, UW CES; 34:35 min)
Management Strategies & Field Trip Intro (Brian Mealor, UW CES; 9:02 min)
Field Trip
Plot layout (PDF)
Cover data (PDF)
Field Trip (Part 1; 18:31)
Field Trip (Part 2; 18:00)
