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High
Country RC&D Annual Tour
High Country RC&D conducts a tour every year to show our sponsors and any
other interested
people some of HC RC&D’s projects.
Our tours cover a wide
range of projects, showing the diversity of the RC&D program. As the
group travels to project sites, attendees get a detailed look at some of High
Country
RC&D’s activities.
Pictures
and Summary from 2010 Annual Tour
This year the
annual tour for the Board of Directors was held in conjunction
with the Holding the Line area tour. The tour members met in the
morning on July 15th, 2010, at the USDA Service Center in
Rexburg, ID. About 20 people attended the tour in total. The
group then traveled to the Rexburg Bench to see ‘before’ and
‘after’ views of biological controls in the local canyon.
Next, the group visited a biological collection and
packaging site on the Fall River. Basic GPS, collection, and
packaging training was provided by a student mapping team. The
group members were able to help collect and package leafy spurge
biological control agents.
 The
group was able to enjoy lunch in Ashton at the Trails Inn where
a presentation was given for the Holding the Line project. The
presentation covered project successes, project goals, and the
strategic plan for the next five years. High Country RC&D held
a quick business meeting at the luncheon as well.
After lunch
the tour
group drove
to Drummand to view a leafy spurge infestation. At that point
the group was able to release the biological control agents
collected earlier in the day and record the data using GPS
units. Bryce Fowler, project field coordinator for Hold the
Line stated that the area is slated to become an important
collection site within the next two years.
It was great to
see the efforts of all those that have helped to “Hold the Line”
this year. The project was fortunate to receive another $4,000
from the U.S. Forest Service to help with operating costs.
The last stop on the tour was a visit to Cave Falls to view
another leafy spurge infestation. There the discussion turned to
other invasive species at the location in relationship to
Yellowstone Park boundaries in general.
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