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Ugly for a Reason: Breaking Up Cheatgrass in the Jarbidge
The following is a two-part story contributed by Don Smurthwaite, Communications Specialist for the Bureau of Land Management. Part I Glen Burkhardt points to a scrawny Russian Olive tree near a gravel road somewhere in the desert of southwestern Idaho. “The only tree in the Jarbidge,” he deadpans. And a quick look around the vista…