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Invasive Exotic Plant Management Plan

Photo ranger applying herbicide to exotic invasive plant species in Rocky Mountian National Park

Invasive Exotic Plant Management Plan (1mg pdf)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (115kb pdf)

2012 Potential Herbicide Application Locations
Treatment locations within the park may include the following:

1. Beaver Point 27. Endovalley
2. Beaver Meadows Entrance 28. Lawn Lake Trail
3. Fall River Entrance 29. Fall River Road
4. Grand Lake Entrance 30. Old Fall River Road
5. Shadow Mountain Dam/East Shore Trail 31. Trail Ridge Road
6.  Headquarters/Utility Area 32. South Lateral Moraine
7. High Drive 33. North Lateral Moraine
8. Lily Lake 34. Sprague Lake
9. Wild Basin 35. Aspenbrook Drainage
10. Allenspark Trailhead 36. Paradise Park
11. Moraine Park 37. Grand Ditch
12. Beaver Meadows 38. Lulu City
13. Horseshoe Park 39. Onahu Trailhead
14. Hondius Park 40. Onahu Burn Area
15. Hollowell Park

41. Kawuneeche Visitor Center/housing/utility area
16. Deer Mountain 42. Bowen Baker Trailhead
17. Moraine Park Campground 43. Green Mountain Housing Area
18. Glacier Basin Campground

44. Green Mountain Trailhead
19. Aspenglen Campground 45. Green Ridge Trailhead
20. Timber Creek Campground

46. Red Mountain Trailhead
21. Bear Lake Road 47. Holzwarth Historic Site
22. Bierstadt Lake Trail 48. East Inlet Trailhead
23. Cow Creek Drainage 49. North Inlet Trailhead
24. McGraw Ranch 50. Timber Lake/Colorado River Trailheads
25. Lumpy Ridge/Gem Lake 51. Continental Divide Trail/Grand Lake
26. West Creek Burn Area  


Additional locations for herbicide application may be identified during the season due to exotic plant movement across the park's elevation range. This page will be updated and signs posted at all treatment locations at least two weeks prior to application.

To download a printable document of this information, click here.

Did You Know?

a photo of author William Allen White

Author William Allen White, the editor of the Emporia Gazette in Kansas, won a 1922 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial “To an Anxious Friend.” His vacation cabin sits near the Moraine Park Museum.