So this begs the question, “Are we doing our part?” By that I mean as WTW’ers, are you washing down your wander wagon after each trip? Wash down your ground cloths after you camp near it, or in it? If you are a property owner are you keeping your stuff in check? My point is, that the spread of cheatgrass, medusa head rye, Africa grass, red brome and so on, come from several sources. Traffic and transportation corridors through the outdoors being one and expansion from infested areas another.
While sagebrush systems was the focus of the article, alien annual grass and weed invasion isn’t limited to there. The Mojave, transition zones to dry forest, oak woodlands; there are lots of the West that suffer from the problem. Use care picking where you camp, clean your gear to help abate the spread and support those efforts taken by those agencies, local, state and federal, trying to curb the issue when you can.
