NOTICE of Public Workshops on Humboldt River Modeling Efforts
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Contact: Adam Sullivan • 775-684-2800
STATE OF NEVADA
BRADLEY CROWELL Director
BRADLEY CROWELL Director
The Nevada Division of Water Resources will hold public workshops to provide information on Humboldt River Basin water modeling studies by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Desert Research Institute. The public workshops will be held:
JASON KING, P.E. State Engineer
JASON KING, P.E. State Engineer BRIAN SANDOVAL Governor
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 901 South Stewart Street, Suite 2002 Carson City, Nevada 89701-5250 (775) 684-2800 • Fax (775) 684-2811 http://water.nv.gov
Notice of Public Workshops to be held by the State Engineer to provide an update on water modeling studies IMMEDIATE RELEASE act: Adambeing Sullivan, 775-684-2800 by the U.S. Geological Survey and the conducted Desert Research Institute in the Humboldt River Basin.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Lovelock City Hall, 400 14th Street, City Council Meeting Room, Lovelock, Nevada Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse, 50 West 5th St., Room 201, Humboldt, Nevada Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Elko County Library, 720 Court St., Elko, Nevada. The Division can make reasonable accommodations for members of the public who are disabled and wish to attend the meeting.
Public Workshops on Humboldt River Modeling EffortsIf special arrangements for the meeting are necessary, please write
the Nevada Division of Water Resources at 901 S. Stewart St., Ste. These workshops are scheduled for January 15 & 16 in –Lovelock, Winnemucca, and Elko. SON CITY, Nev. The Nevada Division of Water Resources will hold 2002, publicCarson City, Nevada, 89701 or call (775) 684-2800.
shops to provide information on Humboldt River Basin water modeling studies by the Geological Survey and the Desert Research Institute. The public workshops will be The root system of curlycup gumweed extends 6.5 feet into the soil with extensive shallow root development. It is tap rooted, and develops a short, vertical rhizome. Stems are th and straight, usually singleCity and branches out above. Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Lovelocksmooth City Hall, 400 14 Street, The leaves are hairless, shiny, heavily toothed along the margins and they tend to clasp the stem. Flower heads are Council Meeting Room, Lovelock, Nevada several to numerous with yellow ray florets up to 0.5 inches in length. The floral disk is 0.5 to 1.25 inches wide. Bracts of heads are resinous and strongly curled. Resin covering the flowers and flower buds are thick Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse, 50 West 5thand milky and smell balsamic. Flowering occurs from July through September. Flowers are followed by achenes (like a sunflower seed). St., Room Nevada Hello201, fromHumboldt, the Humboldt Watershed CWMA! The HWCWMA was developed to address the invasive Biocontrol weed problem and subsequent decline in water quality within the entire 16,843 square mile watershed, which covers most Although curlycup gumweed has been observed being sage-grouse, offers little Wednesday, January atfunction 9:30 a.m. at the Elko consumed County by Library, 720 itCourt St., forage value and is of Northern Nevada.16, The2019 primary of HWCWMA largely unpalatable to cattle, sheep, and horses, though sheep has been to provide land managers, owners and weed control Elko,groups Nevada. assistance in the areas of funding, agency and weed will occasionally crop flower heads in the absence of other forage. group coordination and cooperation. This month we would like to introduce you to a plant that
allows the HWCWMA the ability to provide educational and financial assistance to land owners and groups in their management efforts, ultimately improving all of the qualities of the land and water in our watershed. The HWCWMA has also developed a website to serve as a clearinghouse for information on invasive weeds in the Humboldt Watershed. Our website (www. humboldtweedfree.org) contains fact sheets for state listed noxious weeds in Nevada, Board of Director’s information, funding partner’s links, and many more features including a detailed project proposal packet that you can print, fill out and mail back to us at your convenience. We are looking to expand our project area outside of the Humboldt River and always welcome new funding opportunities. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Andi Porreca, HWCWMA Coordinator at (775) 762-2636 or send an email to aporreca@humboldtweedfree.org.
Chemical Control
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is best in early weeds, but has shown itself to be highly invasive. Curlycup June but can be delayed to mid- or late June, which allows wish to attend the(Grindelia meeting. If special arrangements for thethemeeting necessary, please gumweed squarrosa) is a warm-season biennial control ofare both new seedlings and second-year plants. or short-lived herbaceous, perennial plant that grows to the Two quarts per acre of 2,4-D ester 4L are effective for early the Nevada Division ofapproximately Water Resources 901is S. Stewart St.,until Ste. 2002, while Carson City, products (such as maximum height of 3 feet. Theatplant found control mid-June metsulfuron growing in dry prairies, waste places, roadsides, railroads, Escort at one ounce per acre) may be more effective for late da, 89701, or call (775) 684-2800. depleted rangelands, and abandoned croplands. Curlycup applications (after mid-June but prior to flowering). Be sure gumweed does best in poor to fair on gravel, clay, and dense to follow all label directions and precautions. clay, and good in sandy loam, loam, and clayey loam. It makes fair growth on saline soils, good growth on gentle and Please notify the HWCWMA if you see curlycup gumweed moderate slopes, and fair growth on steep slopes. Due to its growing within the Humboldt River Watershed. We have low moisture requirements and limited palatability, curlycup an opportunity to stop invasive species from spreading if gumweed increases under drought conditions ### in irrigated we act quickly and our staff can provide the property owner pasture as well as under poor grazing management practices, or appropriate public agency with site-specific treatment and is often associated with pastures and range that have options for these plants. The HWCWMA also maps and monitors heavily infested sites in the watershed which been over grazed.
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