Exotic Plant Management Plan

Park employee using a backpack sprayer to apply herbicide to exotic plants.

NPS

Exotic Plant Management Plan (6.3 MB PDF)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (800 kb PDF)

2023 Potential Herbicide Application Locations

East of Continental Divide

1. East Side Headquarters areas
2. Bear Lake Road
3. Lumpy Ridge
4. McGraw Ranch
5. Aspen Brook Trail
6. Aspenglen Campground
7. Bear Lake Road Corridor, Parking, & Trailheads
8. Beaver Meadows
9. Beaver Point to Deer Ridge Junction along Highway 36
10. Cub Lake Trail
11. Endovalley
12. Estes Cone
13. Fall River Entrance and Bighorn Ranger Station
14. Fern Lake Trail and Fire Scar
15. Glacier Basin Campground
16. Glacier Creek Stables
17. Hidden Valley
18. High Drive
19. Hollowell Park/Mill Creek Basin
20. Hondius Park
21. Horseshoe Park
22. Lily Lake Trail
23. Lily Lake Fuels Reduction Areas
24. Lawn Lake Trail and Campsites
25. Longs Peak Campground and Trailhead
26. Lookout Mountain Trailhead
27. Lumpy Ridge Trailhead
28. Moraine Park
29. Moraine Park Campground
30. Moraine Park Discovery Center
31. Moraine Park Livery trails
32. North Boundary and Lost Lake Trails
33. North Deer Mountain Trail
34. Poudre River Trail/Mummy Pass
35. Park Headquarters & Utility Area
36. Sprague Lake Day Use Area
37. Twin Sisters Trail and Landslide
38. Upper Beaver Meadows
39. Ute Trail (lower portion)
40. West Creek Research Natural Area (Cow Creek Fire scar)
41. Wild Basin Trailhead areas
42. Willow Park

West of Continental Divide

1. Bowen-Baker Trailhead
2. Bowen Gulch Connector
3. Colorado River Trail
4. Coyote Valley
5. East Shore Trail
6. Grand Lake Entrance Station
7. Green Mountain Trail
8. Holzwarth Historic Site
9. Kawuneeche Park Housing and Utility Area
10. Kawuneeche Valley Road Corridor, Parking, & Trailheads
11. Kawuneeche Visitor Center
12. La Poudre Pass
13. Lake Road
14. Lake Irene Mess Hall
15. North Inlet Trail
16. Summerland Park
17. Timber Creek Campground
18. Tonahutu Creek Trail

All treated plants will be marked by blue indicator dye. The herbicides we use have low acute toxicity, but please avoid contact with treated plants for 24 hours until sprays have dried.