MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin has become home to a variety of invasive plant species, with the most notorious being noxious weeds.

“Weeds are a big issue,” said Nicole Jordan from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Letting them go out of control can destroy a lot of habitat for other things.”

Noxious weeds are classified by the Grant County Weed Board as invasive, non-native plants that threaten agricultural crops, local ecosystems or fish and wildlife habitats. The weeds are placed into three different classifications. Class A are non-native species with a limited distribution in Grant County and Washington state, Class B are presently limited to portions of Grant County, and Class C, which are widespread in the county with longterm programs of suppression and control ex

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