08-09-18 Field Note

Knapweed control, bulrush transplant, herbicide application, center pivot

A few small fires have come and gone from the Bitterroot Valley so far this year

We built more buck and rail fences in areas that receive high ungulate traffic.

We transplanted clusters of bulrush into the southern end of the Clubhouse Pond for many years.

We replicated our bulrush transplant method again this year

The crew planted the native rushes into the muck near our last transplant location.

Our research maintenance team spent hundreds of hours weeding experiments in the Experimental Garden this year.

Nate Gordon planted several air-layering bitterbrush seedlings several years ago.

We continue to cover spurge with herbicide.

Many days we walk through cheatgrass infected with the fungal pathogen Ustilago bullata.

We noticed a few patches of the invasive yellow-flag iris along some backwater channels in the floodplains.

black weed fabric deteriorates in direct sunlight after three years.

The spring floods chiseled into the pump slough dike.

The irrigation crew watered seeds planted under a jute mat near the Turn-Around for many weeks.

We have had several issues with the North Center Pivot sprinkler this year.

Mike Henning continues to dump truck loads of gravel on the busiest roads.

bitterroot blooms were spectacular this year!