Vegetation Management

• Plant Species In Bidwell Park
• A page about the park plant inventory project
• Article, “Weeds In Bidwell Park,” by John Dittes.
• What is currently being done to control invasive plants in Bidwell Park?
• Table of invasive plant species
• Bidwell Park Vegetation Management Update, January 2008 to May 2009
• 2007 Vegetation Management Plan
  • Report to the Park Commission Meeting of December 11, 2006 [pdf].
  • Table of invasive plant species in Bidwell Park [pdf]
• 2004 Bidwell Park Vegetation Management Plan
  • Attachment A: Restoration of Chico’s Riparian Habitats
• A list of some useful weeding tools
• Summary of herbicides used since 1993
• Bidwell Park Golf Course Pesticide Usage
• Letter From Jim Brobeck to Chico Park Director Regarding Controlled Burns Near Alligator Hole
• Suggestions from Wes Dempsey Regarding Prescribed Burns in Upper Park — Nov. 21, 2000
• Vegetation Survey of Upper Bidwell Park: one year after 8/26/99 backfire, Wes Dempsey
• FOBP Letter to the Park Commission Stream and Preservation Committee regarding invasive weed control in the park
• Invasive horticultural plants of the Central Valley and recommendations for non-invasive alternative plants. Don’t Plant a Pest! [pdf]
• A poster, “Wanted (Dead, not Alive) Yellow Starthistle” [pdf]
• A 2008 report to the Park Commission on invasive plants in the park [PDF 19 Mb].
• Effects of Goat Browsing on Himalayan Blackberry [pdf], a report by Pheng T. Lee, CSU, Chico Research Foundation
• A map showing locations where the invasive shrub bladder senna has been found in the park
• A 2011 report on a privet removal project
• 2012 Bidwell Park Invasive Plants presentation [pdf]
• A page about puncturevine

Yellow star-thistle