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Economic Evaluation of Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Control Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Myles J. Watts  and
Carl L. Wambolt
Myles J. Watts
Affiliation:
Dep. Agric. Econ. & Econ.
Carl L. Wambolt
Affiliation:
Range Sci., Moot. State Univ., Bozeman, MT, 59717
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Abstract

The economic feasibility of four Wyoming big sagebrush control methods: burning, spraying with 2,4-D, plowing and seeding, and rotocutting was analyzed. Perennial grass response to big sagebrush treatment was measured to estimate a treatment response function for each control method which provided the biological informational base to develop cost and benefits. Annualized present values of net additional returns for single 2,4-D and burning treatments were $1.10/ha and $1.16/ha, respectively. When big sagebrush was retreated at optimal intervals, 2,4-D and burning generated annualized net additional returns of $2.88/ha and $2.57/ha, respectively. Rotocutting was marginally feasible, and plowing was not feasible.

Keywords

2,4-D, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acidWyoming big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle and Young) ♯3 ARTTRBrush control valueburning big sagebrushplowing big sagebrushrotocutting big sagebrush
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Research
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Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 640 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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