RAWLINS -- With a shared commitment to manage for healthy rangelands and reduce wildfire risk, the Bureau of Land Management continues to partner with Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District to aerially spray cheatgrass from now through August.

The following locations being sprayed include:

Battle Mountain/Reader Basin/Loco Creek/Five Buttes

Approximately 70,000 acres mixed ownership across the overall project area. Approximately 3,000 acres of cheatgrass infested foothills and rangelands will be treated across 9,000 BLM acres.

Atlantic Rim

Approximately 64,000 acres mixed ownership across the overall project area. Cheatgrass infestations over 5,000 acres will be treated across 16,000 BLM acres in the Atlantic Rim and Bridger Pass area.

These projects target areas of cheatgrass

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