Exotic Plant Management Plan

Park employee using a backpack sprayer to apply herbicide to exotic plants.

NPS

Exotic Plant Management Plan (6.3 MB PDF)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (800 kb PDF)

2026 Potential Herbicide Application Locations

East of Continental Divide

1. Bear Lake Road Corridor - Parking & Trailheads
2. Beaver Meadows
3. Beaver Point
4. Cub Lake Trail
5. Endovalley
6. Fern Lake Trail
7. Hollowell Park/Mill Creek Basin
8. Hondius Park
9. Horseshoe Park
10. Longs Peak Campground and Trailhead
11. Lost Lake Trail
12. Lumpy Ridge Trailhead
13. McGraw Ranch
14. Moraine Park
15. Moraine Park Campground
16. Moraine Park Discovery Center
17. Moraine Park Livery trails
18. North Boundary Trail
19. Park Headquarters & Utility Area
20. Trail Ridge Road Corridor and Parking
21. Upper Beaver Meadows
22. Ute Trail

West of Continental Divide

1. Beaver Creek Exclosure
2. Bowen Gulch Connector
3. Bowen-Baker Trailhead
4. Colorado River Trail
5. Coyote Valley
6. Grand Lake Entrance Station
7. Green Mountain Trail
8. Hague Creek Trail
9. Holzwarth Historic Site
10. Kawuneeche Park Housing and Utility Area
11. Kawuneeche Valley Road Corridor, Parking, & Trailheads
12. Kawuneeche Valley Wetland Complex
13. Kawuneeche Visitor Center
14. Mirror Lake Trail
15. North Inlet Trail
16. Onahu Trail
17. Summerland Park
18. Timber Creek Campground
19. Tonahutu Creek Trail

All treated plants will be marked by blue indicator dye. The herbicides we use have low acute toxicity, but please avoid contact with treated plants for 24 hours until sprays have dried.