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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, August 30, 1995 - FIVE Noxious weeds, how serious a threat to our land? They are rendering sports and recreation areas useless-and destroying the businesses that serve them. Access to water is being restricted. Parks, preserves, and even wilderness areas are losing their attrac tiveness for visitors and hunters. The bottom line is a devas tating loss in land values which none of us can afford. Before man settled in this area, grasses and other native vegetation grew so thick and in such balance that plant life not native to the area could not gain a footholcf. Editor's note: the following ar ticle was submitted by Dave Pranger, Morrow County weed control supervisor. It's almost impossible to overstate the destructiveness of noxious weeds. They are run ning rampant throughout the Northern Plains and inter mountain regions of our north western states, rendering once productive land virtually useless. The most threatening species of these weeds are leafy spurge, knapweeds, Canada thistle, musk thistle and bind weed. Others can be serious problems in certain areas. Where these weeds grow in significant infestations, they prevent use of land for grazing by wild and domestic animals. They crowd out valuable native vegetation. And one such weed-knapweed-can actually be toxic to nearby grasses. Nobody escapes the ravages of noxious weeds-nor the re sponsibility for supporting ef forts to rescue our land in whatever way we can. True, it is easy to dismiss noxious weeds as a problem, belonging solely to agriculture. And indeed, the damage to our farms and ranches has been staggering. But the fact is, noxious weeds are ruining things for all of us. i i i i i But as settlers replaced nomadic Native Americans, fencing and overgrazing quick ly thinned native grasses, allowing weeds to take hold. Movement of hay and other feeds containing weed seeds established infestations where none existed before. Not only are noxious weeds tough and persistent, they have abundant reproductive capaci ty. Many are deep-rooted, so that even if their tops are kill ed, they can regenerate from root segments that remain viable deep in the soil. Many are prolific seed producers. Most are perennials. What this means is that no matter how effective the control method, if it is employed for only one season, the weeds will Bridal Tables cJ\J[axti !]3 alz£.x <£r iJ^zu in <cA/{ o ilm a n Wedding September 9 <^£A2/2Í { W s .y g a n á t & I 217 North Main Heppner 676-91 56 REWARD Leading to the arrest and convic tion of person or persons respon sible for vandalizing the ATM machine at the lone Branch, Bank of Eastern Oregon. Contact Roy Drago, County Sheriff Morrow County 676-5317 enuine C business tools. Each farm serves as a laboratory project for the farmer/participant. Features of the program in clude: on-tht arm conferences md consultations, the ability to tailor the session to your spe cific situation, periodic class room instruction and exposuie to the newest financial manage ment techniques. For more information, con tact Nelson at 276-1260 ext. 323, or call BVICC West Campus at 567-1800. DM M W M W M AM IM W AN M W M VM VM W AN N AAAAN AM W N AW Seed W heat Clean - Large Kernel Mac Vicar Processed or out of bin Ken Turner 676-9710 kAW W AW W AAAAAAAM M M W M M VM W M M W M M M AAAN AW W l Fwt F m F Type Day Time League Name Numbers team Start Date M ix e d Sunday 5 :3 0 p .m . D im e A D oze n 4. 2 men/2 women M ix e d M onday 9 :3 0 a m. S e n io r S e p t. 10 E v e ry M o n . M en In diviu al M onday 7 p .m . 7 p .m . M ix e d Tu esd ay W ednesdav 9 :3 0 a m M en W ednesday 7 p .m . W om en T h u rs d a y 9 :3 0 a m. M ix e d T h u rs d a y 7 p .m . M ix e d F rid a y 7 p .m . Frid a y M ix e d W om en M o n d a y N ite Trio S p a re T im e rs 3 4 A ll N ig h te rs 3 Sept 6 B lu e M o u n ta in 5 S e p t. 6 K o ffe e K u p K e rg le r 3 S e p t. 7 T h u rs d a y N ig h t M ix e rs 4 S e p t. 7 4 Sept S e p t. 11 S e p t. 5 8 L e a g u e R e g istra tio n A N Y T IM E Hey Kid» Join Junior Bowling League Join The Fun Heppner Bowl Tuesday, 4 p.m. age thru 13 Sunday, 1 p.m. age thru 19 180 N. Chase, Heppner (503) 676-9935 Bowling Lanes are going to be resurfaced on September 7-8 i • ? ' ■ • I $500 G Alan Nelson, coordinator of the Farm Business Manage ment program (FBMP) for Blue Mountain Community College, is offering a FBMP tie-in course. Quicken for the Farmer starts with three classes, which in troduce users to the computer keyboard. After that, par ticipants get into Quicken to learn how to apply the program to farm accounting. Nelson describes Quicken as inexpensive and easy to use. Users can also upgrade to Quickbooks after they've be come proficient in Quicken. Another sellling point is Quicken has both Apple and Window-compatible versions. This 12 week course will begin Thursday, September 21, and will be held on Thursdays from 1-4 p.m. at the Hermiston West Campus. Cost of the course is $200 which includes the cost of the 19% Farm Busi ness Management program ($100 per year). There is an ad ditional $40 lab fee. In the FBMP, participants will have the opportunity to im plement what they learned in the Quicken class. The program will increase management skills through good farm record keeping and the use of other | I I . . ......... T W ;* I Quicken for farmers j L c íia x á ¿ M c E C k g o tt Wedding September 9 I be back in a year or two. For really effective control, we must deal with them on a broad regional basis wherever infesta tions are scattered. Although we know we can never restore our land to its native state, we can regain a measure of its potential beau ty and productivity. First, we must find, correct ly identify and map or record all noxious weed infestations. Individual landowners can begin by mapping out weeds on their own property. In some states, county government, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and wildlife refuge land managers are already doing this for areas they manage. Second, a control plan should be drawn up to ensure that the best method of control for each specific areas is selected. This is where modem technology can play a major role. Today, an array of measures can be applied as needed, including highly selec tive and safe-to-use herbicides, new advances in biological con trol, selective grazing and bur ning, plus new land use man agement methods that help prevent weeds from becoming established. For most of us, one of the essential reasons we live here is the land and what is yields, both economically and aesthe tically. Herdsmen, sportsmen, and those who simply enjoy the life this area offers cannot afford to let it be lost to pests that can, with a little effort and time, be defeated. To accomplish this, we must work together whenever possi ble. For more information about noxious weed control in Morrow County, contact Dave Pranger at 676-9061, ext. 17. 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