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• Protect: visitors and applicators sem, water quality, non -target <br />vegetation, federally endangered or threatened species and local species <br />of concern. <br />• Reduce the spread of weeds from City of Louisville properties to <br />adjacent or down stream and down wind properties. <br />This IWMP is intended to be a dynamic document. It will be reviewed and updated <br />to reflect advancements in professional weed control management and changes to the <br />Colorado Department of Agriculture regulations and species lists. in noxious weed <br />infestation locations, sizes, and densities on Open Space and Parks. <br />Scope <br />This integrated weed management plan will be implemented oncovers properties that <br />are managed by the divisions of the Parks and Recreation Department in which the <br />City of Louisville is the sole owner. On properties owned jointly with Boulder <br />County, the Open Space Division will follow Boulder County Parks and Open Space <br />protocols in regards to weed control. All contractors hired by the Parks and <br />Recreation Department will be provided with and required to follow this IWMP as <br />well as specific best management practices for different control methods such as <br />Golf Course, Parks, and Open Space staffs manage approximately 1,435 acres or 2.2 <br />square miles of land. More specifically, the Coal Creek Golf Course manages <br />approximately 210 acres. The Parks Division, which is made up of the sports <br />complex, community and neighborhood parks, parkways, greenbelts, cemetery and <br />facility grounds manages approximately 538 acres. The Open Space Division <br />manages approximately 687 acres of land £not including jointly own properties <br />owned jointly with other municipalities). <br />Currently, all fourteen Open Space parcels have infestations of noxious weeds which <br />vary in species composition, density, and patch size. Latest monitoring efforts <br />indicate that there are at least 27 different species of noxious weeds found on Open <br />Space ranging from A, B, and C list species. Please see the appcndix for the <br />complete list of noxious weed species. <br />There is also the presence of one noxious weed, saltcedar, which occurs on private <br />property within the city but not on any city owned land. It is important to be aware of <br />property. <br />I*. Definitions <br />A. Noxious Weed <br />As written in the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, a noxious weed "means an <br />alien plant or parts of an alien plant that have been designated by rule as being <br />noxious or has been declared a noxious weed by a local advisory board, and <br />meets one or more of the following criteria: <br />Integrated Weed Management Plan 4 <br />8 <br />