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Russian olive is treated with an herbicide Tamarisk and Russian olive hug the banks of An excavator pulls and stacks tamarisk.
application. Rattlesnake Creek in Stafford, Kansas.

What can you do?
Fast facts about invasives:
• Be on the lookout for invasives on your property.
Early detection and rapid response is crucial. • Russian olive and tamarisk are both listed as
noxious plants in at least seven states.
• Get technical guidance and/or financial assistance • These trees were originally used for
to control invasive species on your property. Every windbreaks, erosion control, ornamentals
landowner or producer has different needs, and we and wildlife plantings. Unfortunately, they
can help create a plan that works best for you. are difficult to control and spread quickly to
become invasive.
• One tamarisk tree can produce up to 500,000
How can we help? seeds per summer.

Local conservation partners are available to provide • Russian olive’s shade tolerance and large
technical and financial assistance as well as other seeds enable it to invade healthy grasslands
resources for landowners. as well as underneath native cottonwood or
willow canopies.
For more information, to learn about property-specific
solutions or to see a demonstration area, contact your
local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
office or one of the biologists below: These trees are useful to me. Is there
something I can plant in its place?
Aron Flanders Consider native tall grasses, shrubs and trees
USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife such as sand plum, willow, bur oak, walnut,
aron_flanders@fws.gov cottonwood, or sculpted brush mottes that can
620.794.1036 serve as alternative plants that don’t invade or
dominate grasslands.
Matt Hough
Ducks Unlimited To learn more about alternative plants, consult
mhough@ducks.org your local Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks
308.850.2717 and Tourism wildlife biologist (ksoutdoors.
com/Services/Private-Landowner-Assistance)
or a Kansas Forest Service district forester
(785.532.3300 or kansasforests.org).

In partnership with Big Bend Groundwater Management District #5, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism,
Kansas Prescribed Fire Council, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pheasants Forever, Playa Lakes Joint Venture, and The Nature Conservancy.