Tuesday, October 14, 2008

KOTA Radio 1380

That plant you put in your yard could be an invasive species threatening their neighbor native plants. Invasive species are brought in by nurseries, people transporting plants or seeds from other states, or carried into the state by the wind. How ever they travel here, they’re more resilient and resistant to traditional management planning.

Jerry Boyer, acting secretary of the newly formed South Dakota Invasive Species Management Association, or SISMA, said the association was formed because the state needs to unify private and public entities and resources, too. He said we’re losing the state’s natural natives and wildlife habitat. A good example is Spearfish Canyon, which has been inundated with noxious weeds… .

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