WORKING TOGETHER
We're on the verge of a major ramp up to reclaim landscapes that impact the Yellowstone ecosystem-
Hold The Line is the next step for a very successful local driven bio-saturation project that as been underway for years in Eastern Idaho. We are on the verge of launching the next phase of a landscape scale effort with bio-saturation as the centerpiece. We have proven bio-saturation works! We are close to reclaiming the Rexburg Bench and Moody Creek Watershed. In many locations spurge is now a minor component of the plant community. Native vegetation is reclaiming what appeared to be monocultures of LP.
The evidence is every where you look on the ground. Private landowners are seeing changes where years ago they had given up hope. The key is to properly manage the native to compete with spurge as it tries to shift the balance back to it's favor. The other key is to manage and use the bio-asset that's been created.
The Hold The Line initiative owes its current success to what has been quietly happening for years. We harvested 4 million insects. We have created insectaries to feed the project into the future. We have great partners willing to do the work and supply funds to expand the effort.
We're on the verge of a major ramp up to reclaim landscapes that impact the Yellowstone ecosystem. However, our focus is bigger than Yellowstone National Park. It's the regional ecosystem. We have support from local landowners, county commissioners, weed departments, federal, state and local agencies.
"We have great partners willing to do the work and supply funds to expand the effort. We're on the verge of a major ramp up to reclaim landscapes that impact the Yellowstone ecosystem."
The success of this program depends entirely on increased cooperation from existing project members, additional land managers or owners, and concerned people like you! See how you can get involved.
Meet the Team
Forest Service - State and Private Forestry
The State and Private Forestry (S&PF) organization of the USDA Forest Service reaches across the boundaries of National Forests to States, Tribes, communities and non-industrial private landowners. S&PF is the federal leader in providing technical and financial assistance to landowners and resource managers to help sustain the Nation’s forests and protect communities and the environment from wildland fires.
High Country RC&D -
The Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program ‘helps people in rural areas help themselves.’ Coordinated assistance is provided through the USDA and others to improve the social, economic and environmental conditions in the RC&D Area.
NRCS- Helping People Help The Land
Since 1935, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (originally called the Soil Conservation Service) has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America's private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources.
MIA Consulting- Home of LyVE Solutions
Helping local land managers achieve the goals they have set out to accomplish.
ISDA - Invasive Species and Noxious Weeds Program
ISDA is responsible for administration of the State Noxious Weed Law. The State Weed Coordinator and the other program staff provide support, training, and organizational assistance to the counties and Cooperative Weed Management Areas throughout the state.
USDA - APHIS
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is a multi-faceted Agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. These efforts support the overall mission of USDA, which is to protect and promote food, agriculture, natural resources and related issues.
Madison County -
The goal of Madison County Weed Control is to conduct a coordinated effort to preserve Madison County’s valuable property through aggressive vegetation practices.
Fremont County - Weed and Pest
The goal of Fremont County Weed Control is to conduct a coordinated effort to implement county and state weed ordinances. We will accomplish this effort by achieving the most effective vegetation management program for the preservation of Fremont County’s valuable property by utilizing educational, mechanical, biological, cultural, and chemical control efforts for the benefit of Fremont County.