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Category: agriculture
Posted inagriculture, Environment, Featured, Natural Resources, wildlife

EPA backs Bighorn Forest’s plan for aerial herbicide spraying

by Angus M. Thuermer Jr.

Aerial spraying of chemicals — including one banned in Europe —  to kill sagebrush and invasive plants appears to be “the most-reasonable option” for the Bighorn National Forest to meet range and habitat goals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says. The EPA made its comments on the national forest’s proposal to kill mountain big sagebrush, […]