09-06-2020, 05:52 AM
Hey T.D.....I applaud your efforts on the garbage clean-up, and especially on the phrag....I don't fish UL, but my wife has ties to Provo, and we've had occasion to drive in the park area in the past, and just a couple months ago also..We were amazed to see who and how the shorlines are being used, and the trash all around also....I know it's not BFTers....I don't know who to blame the phrag problem on, but if you could donate your same time and effort at some of my duck hunting places, I'd appreciate it....Actually, it has ruined some huge acerages of marsh, or (used to be) open lands along (used to be) creeks flowing to the GSL....Used to be good duck and pheasant hunting along some of those creeks, but now all eaten up by phrag....if I'm in an area where it looks like it's just starting, my pathetic effort is to uproot as many of those 10, 15, 20 foot new runners, and just pile them up on the Mother plant....I like your idea of using the shovel to uproot that nasty Mother plant, but where I'm already carrying 20 lbs of stuff on my back , and a shotgun to boot, don't know that I can do that....I sure do wish the State or Fed gov't would take the phrag problem seriously....cows are eating some in some of the WMAs, but I haven't seen or heard of a burn effort in years....in the past, some of our Airboat Association members have gone out with cycles, machetes, and chainsaws to open up phrag-choked channels, like in your pics....Anyhow, good luck with your efforts....