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Donation Will Mobilize Montana Noxious Weed Warriors

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012   

CHOTEAU, Mont. - More money and more cooperation are being marked as two new victories in the war on noxious weeds along the Rocky Mountain Front. A donation of $23,000 to the Rocky Mountain Front Weed Roundtable is to go to help local landowners and tribal land managers plan and carry out attacks.

Kate Fink with the Roundtable says leafy spurge is at the top of the list.

"Once we see spurge is established in an area, it's extremely difficult to eradicate, and so our main goal is to contain those large patches."

She says sometimes weeds are pulled, sometimes they're sprayed, and with leafy spurge, there are bio-controls available with special beetles that ruin the plant's seeds, although that can take a couple of years to make a difference. Often, all the methods are used at once. She says federal agencies recently signed an agreement to coordinate weed control on public lands along the Front.

Joe Perry in Brady grows barley, and says invasive, non-native weeds have become common enemies for farmers, ranchers, landowners and recreationists.

"I spend half my time spraying weeds. They're always there. They're a continuous threat, and probably expanding, and we haven't done an adequate job on the Front."

Perry is also a member of the Coalition to Protect the Rocky Mountain Front, the group that made the $23,000 donation. He has hopes for the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, which would require the Forest Service and BLM to develop a comprehensive weed-management plan. But until then ...

"You know, we're just trying to round up funds to help both the private individuals and counties and agencies fight weeds."


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