EDITOR’S NOTE: Musk thistle has been identified this year infesting a significant stretch of property along both sides of Hwy. 13 between Meeker and Rifle. https://www.theheraldtimes.com/invasion-of-the-noxious-weeds-growing-concern-over-blooms/meeker/
For the past few years I’ve participated in “Thistle Thursdays,” targeting a popular trail near Jackson, Wyoming. The weekly weed party was organized in 2019 by Morgan Graham, wildlife habitat specialist with the Teton County Conservation District, and it attracts more volunteers each year — 16 of us in…