[APWG] NEWS: In fire country, land managers struggle to fight cheatgrass

[Olivia Kwong]

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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