[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2598-E2599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. DENNY REHBERG

                               of montana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 21, 2009

  Mr. REHBERG. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Hon. Denny Rehberg
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture--SRG
  Requesting Entity: Montana State University-Bozeman, 207 Montana 
Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
  Description: Invasive Plant Management--Non-native invasive plants 
are the primary environmental threat to western wildlands. These

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plants quadrupled their area in the last 10 years. If they continue to 
spread at their current rate, they will dominate western rangelands in 
the future. Over 17 million acres of ``public land'' in the west are 
infested with noxious weeds with an additional 4,600 acres becoming 
infested each day. Currently Dalmatian toadflax is in an exponential 
growth phase in Montana, expanding at a rate of 14 percent per year. In 
Montana, about 8 million acres are seriously infested with noxious 
weeds. Previous MSU research indicates that sheep and/or goat grazing 
offers an additional and diversified tool in the fight against noxious 
weeds when used in an integrated weed management program. Noxious weeds 
can interfere with profitable land use, reduce production, alter 
ecosystems, threaten wildlife habitat and lower land value.

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