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Gordon Edwards
Cassia County Weed Supervisor
208-878-4043
FAX: 208-878-7862
gordon@uidaho.edu
The Cancer of our Land
Control and managing noxious weeds in the State of Idaho
requires an understanding of the problem, and the begins with
detection and identification of noxious weeds. Weeds cost
millions of dollars to our State by:
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degrading wildlife habitat,
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choking streams and waterways,
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crowding out beneficial native plants,
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creating fire hazards in our forests and on our ranges,
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poisoning and injuring livestock and humans, and
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fouling recreation sites from use.
The spread of noxious weeds may signal the decline of entire
ecological watersheds. They severely impact the beauty and
widespread economic losses. Weeds are problems for urban as
well as rural areas, and for private, state and federal lands.
Noxious weed species spare no segment of society -- rancher,
fisher and biker alike -- and when unmanaged they spread rapidly,
unceasingly, and silently.
Cooperative Weed Management Areas
Cassia
County's 5 Worst Noxious Weeds
Weed Laws
Noxious Weed
Glossary
What To Do With
New Weeds?
Weed Awareness Campaign
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