Browsing: Utah

Ogden, UTAH – According to the state officials, the situation in these areas is still ongoing and is being closely monitored by UDAF and USDA officials in efforts to contain the disease and prevent further impact. Members of the public should stay away from premises with known cases as well as any locations where officials are working to contain the disease to avoid coming in contact with HPAI. UDAF is asking for the public’s help to prepare for a continued increase of HPAI cases. All domestic bird owners, including backyard chicken flocks, ducks, geese, turkeys, gamebirds, etc., should strengthen their…

Ogden, UTAH – According to the state officials, this is reportedly a new tool highlighting the success of the Invasive Species Mitigation Weed Control Program. In the past three years alone, the ISM program has funded 118 projects treating over 3.3 million across the state through 4.7 million dollars in funding. Noxious weeds compete directly with beneficial native plants and can cause devastating impacts to agriculture, wildlife habitat, native ecosystems, and increase wildfire fuel loads to catastrophic levels.  These weeds cost an estimated $26.4 billion per year in agricultural economic losses in the United States. All of Utah’s 29 counties face…