Brush Control

Encroachment of pinyon-juniper wooodland and other brush species can have a detrimental effect on many facets of land management. Decreased forage production, increased errosion, lowered net income and fire hazard, to name a few. Below are links to information reported from research conducted here at the CRLRC, as well as, publications published by NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and the Agricultural Experimental Station.

Controlling Juniper on the CRLRC

• Treating young junipers with Velpar
  Cost analysis of treating juniper re-invading previously mechanically cleared woodland. (CRLRC 2005 Field Day proceedings)

• Grubbing young one-seed juniper with the Piranha blade
  Analysis of using the Piranha blade to grub re-invading juniper trees in previously mechanically cleared woodland. Details the effectiveness and cost of use. (CRLRC 2005 Field Day proceedings)

• Small-scale variation in soil moisture content under one-seed Juniper trees
  Preliminary results investigating water use by juniper trees. (CRLRC 2005 Field Day Proceedings)

General Information from the Cooperative Extension Service and the Ag Experiment Station

• Brush and Weed control on New Mexico Rangelands
  Information on what needs to be thought about while designing a custom control method on rangelands. (NMSU CES Guide B-806, July 1997)

• Chemical weed and brush control for New Mexico rangelands
  A guide and herbicide recommendation publication for control of weeds and brush on rangeland. (NMSU CES Circular 597, August 2005)

• Considerations for prescribed burning
  Details what needs to be known and how to plan for a prescribed burn. (NMSU CES Circular 522, April 2003)

• Juniper Control: Individual Plant Treatments
  A brochure designed to guide effective control of juniper. (NMSU CES Brush Busters Series BC-3)

• Juniper control with soil-applied herbicides
  A study looking at effective ways of using picloram and tebuthiuron herbicides for control of juniper. (NMSU AES Bulletin 772, March 1995)

• Control Cholla Cactus
  Effective ways of controlling Cholla on rangeland. (NMSU CES Bulletin B-804, June 1997)

• Mesquite Control: Individual Treatments
  A brochure designed to guide effective control of mesquite. (NMSU CES Brush Busters Series BC-1)

• Mesquite Control: Arerial Application
  A brochure designed to guide effective control of mesquite. (NMSU CES Brush Busters Series BC-2)