Thanks for your report of Perennial Peavine. This plant was just added to the ODA's noxious list and the site will be evaluated for possible control. Unfortunately there are limited resrources available for weed control. Weed managers need to take a strategic approach and control infestations that are either outlier populations or threatening and import at resource like agriculture, biodiversity, or infrastructure. So, I can’t guarantee that this particular population will be controlled. In some cases private citizens take matter into their own hands and get involved in weed pulls or early detection communities. See the below websites if you are interested in getting involved.

We hope you will keep on reporting! By looking for and reporting some of the less abundant, but equally as aggressive, invasive species, we can control them before they become tomorrow’s Scotch broom or English Ivy. Check out this website for a list of plants and animals that are priority for early detection and control in Western Oregon: http://www.westerninvasivesnetwork.org/pages/plants.php

Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (Click on your county)
http://www.oacd.org/districts.html

OPB Silent Invasion (scroll down to events)
http://www.opb.org/programs/invasives/

SOLV
http://www.solv.org/programs/invasives.asp

Invasives Watch Volunteers
http://www.westerninvasivesnetwork.org/pages/nature_conserv.html

The Nature Conservancy in Oregon
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oregon/about/art24312.html

Tania Siemens
June 25, 2008, 6:08 a.m.