text of team_map.pdf Teamwork is the cornerstone of TEAM Leafy Spurge, which has assembled some of the nation’s most experienced leafy spurge researchers and land managers into a focused, goal-oriented team. The program’s collaborative nature allows participants to share resources, expertise and data in a team effort to more effectively work towards a common goal -- finding effective, affordable and ecologically sustainable ways to control leafy spurge. TEAM Leafy Spurge TEAM Leafy Spurge team members Co-Principal Investigators - USDA-Agricultural Research Service - USDA-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Participants - The states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming - Montana State University - North Dakota State University - South Dakota State University - University of Wyoming - Theodore Roosevelt National Park/National Park Service - U.S. Forest Service - U.S. Geological Service - Bureau of Land Management - Bureau of Reclamation - Bureau of Indian Affairs - State Cooperative Extension Services - County Weed & Pest Boards - Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation - National Biological Control Institute Team Leafy Spurge would like to give special recognition to the most important team players of all -- the RANCHERS & PRIVATE LANDOWNERS who are cooperating with the project and helping demonstrate effective, affordable leafy spurge control strategies. Other TEAM Players - Central Missouri State University (Warrensburg, Mo.) - University of California-Davis (Davis, Ca.) - European Biological Control Laboratory (Montpellier, France and Rome, Italy) - Sino-American Biological Control Laboratory (Bejing, China) - USDA-ARS and -APHIS facilities in Beltsville, Md.; Peoria, Ill.; Columbia, Mo.; and Mission, Tx. Locations on MAP of MT, ND, SD, WY: MT: TEAM Leafy Spurge headquarters USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory Sidney Billings Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service Bozeman USDA-APHIS Biocontrol Laboratory, Montana State University Helena State of Montana Ekalaka TEAM study site ND: Sentinnel Butte TEAM demonstration site Medora National Park Service, TEAM demonstration site Dickinson U.S. Forest Service, State of North Dakota Bismarck State of North Dakota Hettinger Hettinger Research Extension Center Fargo North Dakota State University Sheyenne National Grasslands TEAM study site SD: Buffalo TEAM study site Pierre State of South Dakota Brookings South Dakota State University Jamestown U.S. Geological Service Belle Forche Bureau of Land Management WY: Laramie University of Wyoming Cheyenne State of Wyoming Devil’s Tower TEAM study site Riverton Fremont County Weed & Pest