Rangelands of Park Valley, Utah, Offer a Century of Land-Use Lessons
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
The sagebrush rangeland of Park Valley, Utah, has seen its share of land-use demonstration projects. One hundred years ago, an experimental farm was created there to display "dry farming" and encourage settlers to come to this semi-arid land. Today, demonstration sites seek to show ecologically based invasive plant management strategies. Ironically, it was the dry farming experiment that first introduced the weeds that ranchers are struggling against today.