Looking out across a picturesque span of Montana rangeland this time of year, the depth of green is almost breath taking. To the untrained eye, the expanding grasslands may appear to be heaven for grazing animals, but upon close inspection, mixed in with the lush grass is all too often the invasive and largely unpalatable cheatgrass.
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