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BLM invests heavily in fighting invasive weeds

Focus is on treatment, prevention, education and inventory

WORLAND-The best way to describe the Bureau of Land Management's approach to fighting the spread of weeds is a collective effort.

"It's a coordinated effort with everyone. We're all working together to achieve our goals," said Leslie Coleman, a natural resource specialist in invasive species and soils with the BLM Worland Field Office. "Oil and gas does a lot of bare ground treatment because they...