Why Not Russian-olive and Saltcedar?

Cheatgrass and knapweed slipped in this country with no invitation but Russian-olives and saltcedar were encouraged to settle the West. Now, Russian-olive and saltcedar are taking over in large areas of valuable riparian areas, meadows as well as private pastures and irrigation ditches where they replace native plants. Though both of these introduced species have some value to wildlife, they tend to replace the naturally diverse vegetation that many types of wildlife must have. Planting Russian-olive and saltcedar was easy. Ridding the Idaho landscape of them is difficult andÑif not done properlyÑineffective. A new brochure explaining the problem and offering some advice on how to attack it is available free from Fish and Game offices statewide.