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Weed of the Month: Bittersweet Nightshade
For this Weed of the Month, we’re bringing bittersweet nightshade into the light. Here are some tips for identifying and managing infestations to protect your family, pets, and livestock from this toxic invader.
Spring Is Here! When Can You Start Treating Weeds?
Summer is here and with the arrival of warm temps and sunshine come the season of noxious weed growth. Noxious weeds are invasive plants that has been introduced into an environment and causes or is likely to cause environmental or economic harm.
Buy Clean, Plant Clean – A Win-Win for the Gardener and the Ecosystem
For Immediate Release: April 11th, 2016 Contact: Amy Collett acollett@tcweed.orgJackson, Wyoming – Making the decision to buy and plant native species means that you are also deciding not to buy or plant non-native, possibly even invasive species!
Join Us! Gros Ventre River Work Days
The Jackson Hole Weed Management Association (JHWMA) will be hosting Gros Ventre River Cooperative Spray Days July 18 – 20, 2017.Partners in the JHWMA will team up to treat spotted knapweed, houndstongue, and Dalmatian toadflax as well as other invasive plants, which compete with native vegetation and adversely impact wildlife habitat.
PlayCleanGo While You Work - Come Clean, Leave Clean
Did you know the mud stuck in the tread of your shoes or vehicle tires can be full of plant seeds? Some of those seeds may belong to invasive plants. Therefore, it is important to clean mud and plant parts off your clothes, shoes, tires, etc. not just in the spring but every time you play or work.
Got Mosquitoes?
Do you own property in Teton County? Please complete our landowner permission form so we can continue to provide mosquito service(s) on your property.
TCWP’s mosquito program carries gold membership in pesticide environmental stewardship!
Teton County Weed & Pest District’s mosquito program is living up to its mission by providing superior noxious weed and pest control in Teton County, through environmentally sound integrated management practices and education.
Invasive mussels wander closer to Wyoming's borders
Quagga mussel veligers (microscopic juvenile quagga mussels) are on the move and have been detected in Deer Creek Reservoir in north-central Utah. Soon after, a single zebra mussel was found in South Dakota at a boat dock in Lewis & Clark Lake and a quagga mussel was found in Angostura Reservoir in southwestern South Dakota.