The Nature Conservancy Utah has gained ground on thousands of acres of wetland in its yearslong battle against the invasive grass using its own herd and cows from local ranchers.
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Phragmites, with a tenacious root system and thousands of seeds, took hold and thrived when the lake began to recede after massive flooding and left a scar of nutrient-rich runoff in the wetlands, Brown said.Researchers with the Utah Division of Water Like other wetland managers around the Great Salt Lake, the conservancy uses a combination of herbicide spraying, rolling and crushing to control phragmites.
In the area where about 300 cattle were grazing on 200 acres Tuesday morning, there had previously been a 10-foot-tall field of phragmites, Brown said. Cattle grazing reduced the stand by 30% on a 4,000-acre area that was largely covered with the invasive grass, he said.
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