Horn Seeker
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Wasn't trying to be condescending at ALL, I was just seeing if Buzz was aware of our MEGA WEED problem here, couldn't remember how long ago it was he was here. ANyhow, I do have deep interest in this topic, but I just dont his the boards as much as I used to.
I spend a little time every day pulling a few weeds, some days I keep count, one day was like 719 STUPID Knapweeds!! My job is fairly diverse and planting disturbed areas is something I get to do a dozen times a summer. Its very gratifying to see a good lush native mix come up instead of knapweed and thistle that usually shoots up instantly on disturbed sites around here.
Today while I was out in the field I snapped a few "grass" photos and a few showing a very degraded, but Lush community. I'll try to get them up in the next few days.
When I got back to the office today I had to talk with our range con about some cows that were hammering a little creek we are doing some habitat enhancement on, and we started talking about this weed problem we have here. Its brutal. He just got assigned as our weed control specialist and he's found a couple dozen new sites that hadn't been mapped before. Serious crap too, like spurge and toadflax. Very ugly situation over here.
Buzz, they sorta put a halt to the goat/sheep method on Jumbo cause the Lake Missoula Alliance (or something like that) protested that the grazing may disturb the old shore line marks. There are some bugs they are going to be trying soon though, lets hope for the best.
Yeah, knapweed really is a piece of cake to take care of, but its so wide spread, thats the main issue now. It'll never be eradicated.
I spend a little time every day pulling a few weeds, some days I keep count, one day was like 719 STUPID Knapweeds!! My job is fairly diverse and planting disturbed areas is something I get to do a dozen times a summer. Its very gratifying to see a good lush native mix come up instead of knapweed and thistle that usually shoots up instantly on disturbed sites around here.
Today while I was out in the field I snapped a few "grass" photos and a few showing a very degraded, but Lush community. I'll try to get them up in the next few days.
When I got back to the office today I had to talk with our range con about some cows that were hammering a little creek we are doing some habitat enhancement on, and we started talking about this weed problem we have here. Its brutal. He just got assigned as our weed control specialist and he's found a couple dozen new sites that hadn't been mapped before. Serious crap too, like spurge and toadflax. Very ugly situation over here.
Buzz, they sorta put a halt to the goat/sheep method on Jumbo cause the Lake Missoula Alliance (or something like that) protested that the grazing may disturb the old shore line marks. There are some bugs they are going to be trying soon though, lets hope for the best.
Yeah, knapweed really is a piece of cake to take care of, but its so wide spread, thats the main issue now. It'll never be eradicated.
