[APWG] NEWS: In fire country, land managers struggle to fight cheatgrass
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Feb 3 08:36:10 CST 2011
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/03/2048524/in-fire-country-land-managers.html
In fire country, land managers struggle to fight cheatgrass
By PATRICK ORR
McClatchy Newspapers
BOISE, Idaho -- Cheatgrass can be a dirty word for land managers in the
West.
Sure, they marvel at the invasive species' toughness and respect its
stubborn ability to muscle out native bunch grasses of the desert of
southwest Idaho and other areas of the West. But cheatgrass is also the
main reason why much of the arid lands of the West are so susceptible to
unnaturally devastating range fires.
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