State plans burn for invasive reed on Great Salt Lake
State plans burn for invasive reed on Great Salt Lake
State crews in Utah hope to burn about 300 acres infested by an invasive reed near the shore of the Great Salt Lake. The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands plans the prescribed burn near Farmington Bay for Tuesday morning, if weather conditions cooperate. The fire is aimed at destroying phragmites (frag-mite-EES), a tall, nonnative reed that crowds out native vegetation and alters …
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