Across Reporter Country, there’s a word that will elicit a furrowed brow and a gruff response from most all producers: thistles. While certain varieties are more prevalent in specific states, the situation is the same with non-native, noxious thistles – if landowners are not proactive in identifying and managing these weeds, the results can be disastrous. In her newly published Wyoming Thistle Field Guide (Field Guide), Bonnie Heidel, author and Botany Program Manager for the University of Wyoming, emphasizes the importance of being able to differentiate between native and non-native thistles because “native thistles provide valuable resources to insects, birds,...

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