August 28, 2008--Taking out tamarisk (Durango Telegraph)
An unwelcome visitor’s attempt to take over the rivers throughout the Southwest is not going unchecked. Tamarisk, the “poster child” for non-native plants, is continuing to squeeze out native species and exhaust scarce water resources throughout the region. But there is also a new ally in the fight against the noxious weed’s spread – a small beetle from Central Asia.
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