Bureau of Land Management Learning Landscapes

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Invasive Weeds: A Growing Pain

Many weeds have pretty flowers but they are a growing pain. They crowd out native plants, harm animal habitats and increase erosion.

Acknowledgments: Produced by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Edited by Elizabeth Rieben; Designed by Jennifer Kapus. Portions of the text and activities were condensed from the Montana Weed Project Teacher's Handbook, a product of the Resource Education Awareness Project sponsored by the Montana Weed Trust Fund, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, and the Missoula County Conservation District. Photos provided by Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Jerry Asher, BLM, Gary Johnston, NPS, Alfred F. Cofrancesco, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Faith Campbell of the Exotic Pest Plant Council.

Special thanks to: BLM's partner organizations Bureau of Reclamation, Dow Elanco, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, National Park Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Monsanto, The Wilderness Society, and the following individuals: Steve Dewey, Utah State University; Jerry Asher, Shelly Fischman, Amy Galperin, Hank McNeel, Tom Roberts, Shelley Smith, and Mary Tisdale of BLM and to Lynnette Harris of Washington Irving Middle School, Virginia.

The Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages almost 270 million acres of public lands, mostly in the western Unites States and Alaska.

Some activities were adapted from the Montana Weed Project: Teacher's Handbook.

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Last Updated: June 2006