NOXIOUS WEEDS PRESENT SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL CHALLENGES, THREATENING NATIVE PLANT SPECIES, BIODIVERSITY, AND LAND PRODUCTIVITY. GIVEN THE INCREASING SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES, EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ERADICATION ARE CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF THE REGION S ECOSYSTEMS. FRANKLIN COUNTY COMPLETES NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE WEED TREATMENTS AND CONTROL ON BLM-MANAGED AND ADJACENT PRIVATE LANDS WITHIN FRANKLIN COUNTY, IDAHO THROUGH IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE WEED CONTROL PROGRAM, FOCUSING ON STRATEGIC REMOVAL, HABITAT RESTORATIONS, AND PREVENTION OF FUTURE INFESTATIONS BY UTILIZING A COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL METHODS TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE PROJECT AREA. 100-150 ACRES ARE TREATED ANNUALLY DEPENDING ON INFESTATION LEVELS, ACCESS CONDITIONS, AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES. TARGETED SPECIES INCLUDE DYER S WOAD, MUSK THISTLE, HOUNDSTONGUE, AND POISON HEMLOCK. THIS PROJECT BENEFITS THE PUBLIC BY MAINTAINING AND RESTORING THE BEAUTIFUL PRISTINE NATURE OF THE PUBLIC LANDS THAT THE PUBLIC RECREATES ON, AND SLOWS THE SPREAD OF UNDESIRABLE NOXIOUS WEEDS ONTO ADJACENT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS.