By Karen Laitala
Powell County Weeds Coordinator 

Biological controls increase weed management options

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September 22, 2022

Karen Laitala, Powell County Weed Coordinator

Whitetop Gall Mite Galls

When I started my job as the weed management projects coordinator for the Powell County Weed Board several years ago, I inherited a project that began with my predecessor in cooperation with the (now defunct) MSU Sheep Institute. This project involved importing sheep to prescriptively graze with cattle across several contiguous livestock operations in the Deer Lodge valley, primarily targeting the noxious weed leafy spurge. Data collected by the coordinator(s), extension agents and cooperators and analyzed at the institute confirmed the decrease of spurge and the increase of desirable grass...



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