Local high school students combined with weed, insect, and rangeland specialists to initiate a program to control noxious weeds in Tooele County, Utah. Thirty-three students at Tooele High School learned about controlling weeds with insects from weed bio-control specialists. The program consisted of in-class instruction about noxious weeds including why they matter, what weeds are a problem in the local area, methods of control including bio-control.Additionally, the project included field days with hands on collection, analysis, insectary construction, monitoring protocol and release of insects. Global positioning system (GPS) navigation and way point marking were also taught. Utah State University graduate students conducting ongoing related studies were involved in the program with the high school students.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.