The Phoenix team is comprised of individuals with diverse backgrounds, education, certificates, memberships and fields of interest including:
International Erosion Control Association, Range Society, Southwest Vegetation Management Association (SWVA), Tonto Weed management Area, Interagency Weed Action Group (IWAG) Wildlife Society, Wildlife Rehabilitator, US Marine Corps, certified mechanic, and law enforcement officer.
All team members are certified herbicide applicators, possessing
structural pest control applicator licenses, and are members of the Southwest Vegetation Management
Association (SWVA).
Highway corridors in Region
1 pass through distinct biotic communities (Biomes):
- Lower Colorado Valley
- Arizona Uplands
- Interior Chaparral
- Great Basin Conifer Woodland
- Madrean Evergreen Woodland
- Petran Montane Conifer Forest
Prescott Region
1 is responsible for managing land, wildlife, and vegetation inventory of 1,391 miles (Map) of the following roadways:
All of the following roadways: SR (State Routes) 177, 288, 188, 88, 303L, 84, 287, 587, 347, 238, 187, 74, and I (Interstate) 8.
And portions of the following roadways:
- US 60 from the Salt River Canyon to Wickenburg
- US 70 from Globe, east to county line (mp 270)
- SR 77 from Globe to Winkelman
- SR 79 from Florence Junction to Florence
- SR 85 from Maricopa county line( ~mp 33) to the
junction with I-10
- I-10 from the junction with I-8 to California border
- SR 87 from Payson to junction with I-10
- US 95 from Quartzite to Mexico
- SR 260 from Heber to Payson
The diversity of biotic communities and explosive population growth present on-going issues in Region 1: arid, desert, trees-especially Palo Verde and Mesquite species, erosion caused by wind and precipitation, weeds, major city expansions causing extensive building along highways.
The year-round resource management projects in the Region are:
- Bi-yearly herbicide applications to manage annual weed species, noxious weeds, visibility issues, and safety features.
- Tree thinning for "recovery zone" issues, sight and visibility problems.
- Noxious weed surveys,
- Threatened & Endangered Species surveys.
- Highway vegetation inspections.
Region 1 is involved in cooperative projects with various agencies:
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IWAG-treatments of Buffel grass and Fountain grasses along the highway corridors.
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USGS-Buffel grass research.
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Monsanto--test herbicide plots on Johnson Grass.
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Department of Agriculture--noxious weed detection, reporting, treatments, building database, monitoring existing locations.
- Tonto Weed Management area--treating noxious weeds
Current Projects in Phoenix Region.
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