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Yampa River Leafy Spurge project wins new federal funding, reports large insect releases in 2024
Summary
Presenters updated commissioners on the Yampa River Leafy Spurge Project, including a new six-year grant for inundative biological control, collection trips to Idaho and about 183,000 biocontrol insects released in 2024.
Project leaders told the Moffat County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday that work to control leafy spurge along the Yampa River watershed continues and received a boost from new federal funding.
John Husband, a local weed-management representative, explained the Yampa River Leafy Spurge Project’s integrated-management efforts and said the project began in 2015. He and ecologist Tamara Nauman described…
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