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  • How do burrs get spread?

    Ralph Maughan

    Here’s a classic- As I mentioned in an earlier comment, I got a new camera today. I headed to the mountains south of Pocatello to try it out and came back with a disgusting photo (as well as some attractive landscapes).

  • Unanticipated effects of using gall-flies to control spotted knapweed

    Ralph Maughan

    We have talked a lot about knapweed on this forum because of its negative consequences for wildlife habitat. Biocontrol has been pushed as an alternative to herbicides, but this is bad news. “ScienceDaily (Sep. 5, 2008) — Biocontrol agents, such as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants.” Read…

  • Waging war on weeds

    Brian Ertz

    The Casper Star Tribune highlights an important threat to wildlife habitat – weeds: Waging war on weeds The article gives a pretty good indication of the extent to which different weeds threaten wildlife habitat and are an economic scourge – but I will take issue with one statement made in the article : Native plants…

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