Enrollment is now open.
To enroll in the program, click here and you will be taken to the Landowner page where you can download the necessary forms. If you are a vendor go to the "For Vendors" page.
To identify cogongrass, download the field identification guide here. This booklet has pictures and descriptions of cogongrass--as well as other grasses sometimes mistaken for it.
To treat cogongrass, click here for longleaf pine areas. For all other areas click here. These booklets are all from the Alabama Forestry Commission.
The latest news is on our blog.
In 2009 President Obama signed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Through the Alabama Forestry Commission’s leadership, a $6.281 million grant was funded to 1) create jobs and 2) control, mitigate, and eradicate cogongrass—a federally listed noxious weed—in Alabama. Larson & McGowin, Inc. was selected to administer the project in September 2009.
Larson & McGowin, Inc. is a full-service forest management and consulting firm headquartered in Mobile. The company was founded in 1957 and has branch offices in Greenville and Birmingham, Alabama as well as Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. The firm has decades of experience providing property management services to small and large ownerships. Consulting and large scale project management experience includes forest inventory, appraisal, technical mapping, and analysis. Though focused on the southern United States, the firm has experience in other regions including U.S. Northeast, Pacific Northwest, Canada, Central America, and South America. Its subsidiary, Silvics Solutions, offers natural resource-focused software and information technology services.
Barrett McCall, RF/ACF and President of Larson & McGowin: “Alabama is a world leader in forest management as a result of decades of cooperative efforts between landowners, the Alabama Forestry Commission, and forestry professionals across the state. Tackling the complex management problems posed by invasive species such as cogongrass is important for us to continue this history of excellence. This grant gives us a much needed boost in these troubled economic times to get started. I am confident our forestry community is up to the challenge and our team at Larson & McGowin very much appreciates the opportunity to or be of service in the war on cogongrass.”
The ACCC is unlike other government invasive treatment programs. It is not a cost-share program; if the landowner is selected for the program all treatment for the acres enrolled will be paid in full with no cost to the landowner. This includes mapping, herbicide treatment, and monitoring!
We have opened the enrollment and will begin treating certain areas of the state in June 2010. Other areas will be treated in 2011 (specifically much of south Alabama). More information about this can be found on the Landowner page or with our General Information document. If you have any questions and would like to speak to one of the ACCC staff, please contact us. You can find the information on the Contact ACCC page.
