Terrestrial
Invasive weeds are plants that grow aggressively, spread quickly and choke out native and other desirable plants from your neighborhood. They produce enormous amounts of seed, have spreading root systems, and lack natural predators. These traits enable them to dominate entire landscapes. Click here to learn how to identify Tahoe's priority invasive weeds.
Invasive weeds cause ecological problems by displacing native plants, reducing biodiversity, and altering normal ecological processes (e.g. nutrient cycling, water cycling) that help maintain functioning ecosystems. They also decrease wildlife habitat and increase soil erosion and stream sediment, which is damaging to water quality. Invasive weeds cause economic problems by costing millions of dollars each year in weed control efforts and lost revenues. They reduce forage production for livestock and wildlife, decrease property values, reduce recreational values and uses and decrease tourism.
Invasive Weed Consultations
If you think you have an invasive weed on your property you can contact the Invasive Species staff to schedule a consultation. If there is a weed on your property, don't worry, the ISP staff will remove it and work with you to erradicate it from your property. More infomation about the weeds on our watchlist can he found here. If you found a weed somwhere else in Tahoe you can contact us, or use the www.tahoeinvasiveweeds.org website.
About our Partners
The Tahoe RCD is a part of the Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group (LTBWCG), which is a diverse group of agencies and community members dedicated to preventing and controlling invasive weed species in the Basin. For more information about the group or to report a weed in the Tahoe Basin, visit www.tahoeinvasiveweeds.org.
In 2005 the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) formed an Invasive Weed Program (IWP) as part of the Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group (LTBWCG). The goal of this program is to assist property owners Basin-wide with technical assistance on terrestrial invasive weed identification and control. Click here to contact us to request assistance.
Meeting Minutes Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group:
