Con
ntact: Tara Martinak (541
1) 573-4400
Release No. OR-BU-13
3-24
Septtember 11, 20
013
Chick
kahomin
ny Recreation Site closeed temp
porarily for
noxiou
us weed treatments
Hin
nes, Ore. – The Chickaho
ominy Recreeation Site, located 22 miles west off Burns on Highway 20,
willl be closed teemporarily September 24-26 to allow
w for Medussahead rye management activities.
Cloosure signs will be posted
d at the site entrance and
d the area wiill be reopenned 24 hours after the
weeed treatments are compleete.
Meddusahead rye is found in
n virtually ev
very county in the state a nd demonsttrates its neggative
quaalities best on
n the east sid
de of Oregon
n. This noxiious weed ouut-competes other grassees by
extrracting the majority of moisture welll before pereennial grassees have beguun to grow. Once land
is innvaded by th
his species, it becomes allmost worthless, supportting neither native animals, birds
nor livestock. Itt also changees the tempeerature and moisture dynnamics of thee soil, greatlyy reducing
seedd germinatio
on of other sp
pecies, and creating fuell for wildfirees.
For additional information on the Medu
usahead treattments in Haarney Countyy, please conntact the
Burrns District BLM at (541
1)573-4400.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Fedeeral agency. Thiis land, known as the National
Systeem of Public Lan
nds, is primarily
y located in 12 Western states, in
ncluding Alaska. The BLM alsoo administers 7000 million acres
hout the nation. The BLM's mulltiple-use missioon is to sustain thhe health, diverssity, and
of suub-surface minerral estate through
produuctivity of the pu
ublic lands for th
he use and enjoy
yment of presentt and future geneerations. In Fisccal Year 2012, acctivities on
publiic lands generateed $4.6 billion in
n revenue, much
h of which was sh
hared with the S tates where the activities occurrred. In
addittion, public land
ds contributed mo
ore than $112 biillion to the U.S. economy and h elped support more than 500,0000 jobs.
-BLM
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