Mitigate 'Dirty Dozen' Dangers on Your Rangeland

Are you being a good neighbor?

It’s a question Dr. Karen Hickman, a professor of natural resource ecology and management and director of the environmental science program in the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture, poses while discussing invasive plant species in Oklahoma.

Some of those invasive plants can spread onto neighboring properties, meaning upkeep and removal are important. But the “Dirty Dozen,” which encompasses 13, not 12, invasive plant species widespread across the state, the dangers they pose to rangeland in Oklahoma go beyond just upsetting your neighbors.