Editing Willow (section)

=== Conservation ===
Some [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] allowed [[Fire ecology|wildfires to burn]] and set fires intentionally, allowing new stands to form.<ref name="Arno-2020" />

A small number of willow species were widely planted in Australia, notably as [[erosion]]-control measures along watercourses. They are now regarded as invasive weeds which occupy extensive areas across southern Australia and are considered 'Weeds of National Significance'. Many catchment management authorities are removing and replacing them with native trees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dpi/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-1C62D26CD3AF6FE44A2568B300051289-8E21A59E53B35BEFCA256BC80005C14F-E1EB709D7DCE1BC9CA256F070003E8D8-FAC3FFA202EA6384CA256BCF000AD522?open |title=Willows along watercourses: managing, removing and replacing |author=Albury/Wodonga Willow Management Working Group |date=December 1998 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, State Government of Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoadley.net/cremer/willows/docs/WillowInBiodiversity.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.hoadley.net/cremer/willows/docs/WillowInBiodiversity.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Introduced willows can become invasive pests in Australia |first=Kurt W. |last=Cremer |year=2003 }}</ref>