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Cheatgrass and other stuff that gets my goat

Cheatgrass and other stuff that gets my goat

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Feb 16, 2024
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Cattle grazing in southeastern Utah in early spring. I think I see some cheatgrass in there, but maybe not. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

🐮 Cheatgrass Chronicles

“Today the honey-colored hills that flank the northwestern mountains derive their hue not from the rich and useful bunchgrass and wheatgrass which once covered them, but from the inferior cheat w…

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