On November 8, the Moab Field Office announced it would spray approximately 13,000 acres of cheatgrass near the Utah-Colorado border in the desert adjacent to I-70.
BLM staff will wait two growing seasons before applying native seed to the treated area.
The project was billed as fuels reduction.
No map was given.
A link to the NEPA analysis was not provided.
Why would you remove one type of vegetation and replace it with another if you’re trying to prevent wildfires?
The National Data Viewer shows the area is covered with grazing allotments.
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