Yellowstone National Park Officials Launch Anti-Invasive Plants Initiative
The concern is that the nonnatives can upset the delicate biological diversity of the Yellowstone ecosystem by altering runoff and the soil and fire activity. Changes in native plant communities may...
View ArticleScreening Preferred to Halt Invasive Species
The stakeholder groups unanimously supported the second option to establish a mandatory screening system and ban the importation of species that pose a high invasion risk. Establishing environmental...
View ArticleInvasive Weeds Could Shed Light on Climate-Coping
Changes in weed distributions may also reflect evolutionary change in the plants themselves. We have already seen them change in response to human influences such as farming practices.
View ArticleLand Management Options Outlined to Address Cheatgrass Invasion
A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe one of North Americas most endangered ecosystems.
View ArticleUtah Embroiled in War on Weeds
In addition to exacerbating wildfires, invasive weeds choke wildlife and change lakes oxygen content, which threatens aquatic life. They also overgrow hiking trails, destroy recreation areas, clog boat...
View ArticleWeed Treatment On Forestland To Restrict Access Next Week
The U.S. Forest Service will use a chemical treatment to eradicate infestations of invasive weeds on forestland at many locations around Lake Tahoe from Monday through June 28.
View ArticleCheatgrass Tour Planned in Wyoming
Nebraska producers might be interested in a pair of upcoming tours nearby in Wyoming related to weeds and invasive species, according to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator Gary Stone at...
View ArticleCheatgrass - Still a Challenge
A non-native grass, now dominates more than 100 million acres of grasslands in the intermountain West.
View ArticleChasing Out Cheatgrass: Research at Deer Flat Could Stop the Weed
So the plants become stunted and over a couple years what we will find is that the bacteria will inhibit the actual cheatgrass growth to the point where we can see a reduction in the numbers of plants...
View ArticleDowny Brome Alters Soil as It Invades Native Grasslands
Scientists have theorized that invasive plants such as downy brome - cheatgrass - can outpace native species by changing soil so that they have access to more nutrients and can grow faster and stronger.
View ArticleLand Managers Choose Diverse Solutions to Downy Brome Problem
The authors found that ranchers tended to be somewhat less concerned about downy brome than natural resource professionals.
View ArticleUtah Department of Agriculture and Food Opens Application Period for Weed...
Many previously funded projects target weed species that are highly invasive and greatly increase the risk of wildfires.
View ArticleIn Ranchers Vs. Weeds, Climate Change Gives Weeds An Edge
For about eight years Blumenthal and his team simulated one possible future climate in the Wyoming grassland. They used a heating apparatus to keep test plots warmer than normal, and pumped carbon...
View ArticleInvasive Weeds - Friends of Tahoe Donner Trails
Without a volunteer corp of dedicated weed spotters, we literally cannot begin to fight.
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