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Weed and Pest, conservation districts detail post‑fire rehabilitation and invasive annual‑grass response
Summary
Weed and Pest and conservation districts told lawmakers they plan large‑scale post‑fire treatments and reseeding after this summer's fires, highlighting the high cost of invasive‑grass control and the economic losses that unchecked cheatgrass and Ventenata can cause to agriculture.
Lindsay Woodward, Wyoming state Weed and Pest coordinator, and leaders from Wyoming's conservation districts briefed the Agriculture committee Aug. 28 on efforts to contain invasive annual grasses, manage noxious weeds and mount post‑fire restoration after a busy summer of wildfires.
Woodward said federal funding unpredictability hampered spring planning for emergency insect and invasive species work, but that agencies and districts have pivoted into fall treatments where possible. She said APHIS staffing shortages earlier in the season reduced the federal ability to perform adult grasshopper counts and to fund treatments — a serious problem if high grasshopper counts had materialized.
The presentation emphasized annual grass invasions (cheatgrass,…
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