Officials try new techniques to fight invasive plant species

Provo • Officials are trying new techniques to get rid of an invasive plant species called phragmites from the shores of Utah Lake, such as spraying herbicides and smashing the plants instead of burning them.A new program is also being piloted this summer, in which cows will be fenced into acres of phragmite growth in order to graze it down, the Daily Herald in Provo reported this week.
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Chris Brown and Mike Kolendrianos cut a swath through a dead stand of phr