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Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition (ENLC) is an environmental conservation organization dedicated to the advancement of ecosystem health and rehabilitation through projects, research, education, and partnerships throughout the West.

Our Projects

Biocontrol Monitoring

Partnerships and collaborations allow ENLC to work across jurisdictions and conduct a wide variety of conservation-related projects and activities throughout the West. Here, the US Forest Service, Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) and ENLC are collecting data in an area that has a robust population of Canada thistle. A biocontrol agent, Canada thistle rust, has been released and has successfully established in this Canada thistle infestation. Release of biocontrol agents is one aspect of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach, where a biocontrol is an insect or a pathogen that target the unwanted species while doing no damage to the native ones.

Stabilization & Rehabilitation

Following wildfire, both emergency and long-term rehabilitation actions are necessary to protect valuable resources like soils and riparian areas, as well as to reduce the potential for the spread of invasive species. Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR) work improves lands that are unlikely to recover naturally from the effects of wildfires. This work, often implemented over the course of several years, includes invasive plant treatments, road and trail rehabilitation, soil erosion prevention measures, fence replacement, wildlife habitat restoration and reforestation.

Basin and Range Bat Inventory

ENLC is partnering with the BLM and Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) on a 5-year project to inventory bat species within Basin and Range National Monument (BARNM). This project will provide baseline data, including bat species present in the monument and their temporal use of these public lands. With threats such as habitat loss and white-nose syndrome, these data will help us better understand and conserve bats in the monument.

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18th Annual Invasive Species Conference

Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition (ENLC) and Tri-County Weed Control (TCWC) hosted our 18th Annual Invasive Species Conference (formerly Winter Weeds Conference) on January 17-18, 2024 in Ely, NV. This year’s topics ranged from identification of common native species versus noxious and invasive species, best integrated pest management practices, interagency cooperation and coordination to public outreach and education about invasive species. If you would like to learn more about the conference or have any other questions, please call ENLC’s office at 775-289-7974.

More About the Annual Conference

As always, we offered continuing education units (CEUs) for certified and licensed pesticide applicators to put towards the renewal of their applicator certifications of licenses. 

A few of the confirmed topics were:

  1. Noxious and Invasive Weeds and their Native Lookalikes
  2. Reseeding after Invasive Annual Grass Control
  3. Invasive Insects Found in Nevada
  4. Available Biocontrols and Their Effects on Targeted Species
  5. Reaching Out and Partnering with Native American Tribes in Addressing Invasives and Ecosystem Restoration

In addition to offering CEUs, the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) provided both the private (ranchers, farmers, general public) and non-private (city, county, state, and federal government) applicator’s tests following the Invasive Species Conference.

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