Hi Tim,

Thanks for your report and the great work controlling yellow starthistle in the John Day River. I will forward your report to Thom Bruce, Weed Control Officer at the Wheeler County Weed Department. Based on weedmapper (www.weedmapper.org), it looks as if the John Day river has quite a bit of yellow starthistle. Thanks again for helping prevent its further spread by controlling and reporting it. Keep up the great work!

It looks like you are from Eugene. If so, you may be interested in the new early detection program in the Eugene area called WEEDIN: West Eugene Early Detection of Invasives Network. Check out their website (http://www.wewetlands.org/willamettesleastwanted.asp) for a list of species you can be looking for and reporting in the Upper Willamette Valley. (Yellowstarthisle is on the list.)

Thanks again for your report!

Tania Siemens
The Nature Conservancy/OSU Sea Grant
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu

Tania Siemens
Oct. 5, 2008, 4:58 a.m.