MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- A specially modified C-130 Hercules aircraft conducts an herbicide aerial spray mission over the base’s Saylor Creek Range in 2007. Beginning Sept. 14 and lasting though Sept. 28, approximately 3,200 acres of Air Force land in Owyhee County will be sprayed with the herbicide Plateau® to reduce the growth of cheatgrass -- an invasive, non-native grass that chokes out native vegetation and has contributed to recent catastrophic range fires. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Stephany Miller)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- A specially modified C-130 Hercules aircraft conducts an herbicide aerial spray mission over the base’s Saylor Creek Range in 2007. Beginning Sept. 14 and lasting though Sept. 28, approximately 3,200 acres of Air Force land in Owyhee County will be sprayed with the herbicide Plateau® to reduce the growth of cheatgrass -- an invasive, non-native grass that chokes out native vegetation and has contributed to recent catastrophic range fires. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Rodney D. Ivey)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- A specially modified C-130 Hercules aircraft conducts an herbicide aerial spray mission over the base’s Saylor Creek Range in 2007. Beginning Sept. 14 and lasting though Sept. 28, approximately 3,200 acres of Air Force land in Owyhee County will be sprayed with the herbicide Plateau® to reduce the growth of cheatgrass – an invasive, non-native grass that chokes out native vegetation and has contributed to recent catastrophic range fires. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Stephany Miller)