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Watershed Council continues its weed battle


A California Department of Corrections crew hand-pulls yellow starthistle along the Merced River.The Upper Merced River Watershed Council joined forces again this spring and summer with the Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, and California Department of Corrections to battle invasive nonnative weeds that threaten the river canyon’s renowned wildflowers, wildlife and recreation areas. Two grants from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy funded the work.
According to the California Inva...

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