The cost of Rapid Response programs must be shared at the highest levels of social organization. The initial economic or environmental benefits to the land steward are small compared to cost, however the benefit gained by the region and nation from avoiding the necessity of Perpetual Control is large. These Rapid Response actions can be best implemented by increasing funding for weed control and coordination efforts by actual federal land managers and state agencies. Selected Bibliography Auld, B.A., K.M. Menz, and N.M. Monaghan. Forcella, F. 1985.
Final distribution is related to rate of spread in alien weeds.
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