• Herbicides should always be used in strict accordance with label directions, including those for proper storage and disposal of containers and rinse water.

• For example, Tamarix, an invasive woody plant, dominates riparian areas in the Southwestern US unless it is controlled via herbicides and cutting.

• Ongoing threats to the lesser prairie chicken include oil and gas development, loss of habitat from the conversion of native rangelands to cropland, severe over-grazing by livestock, fire suppression, the use of herbicides to destroy shinnery oak habitat and continued habitat fragmentation due to land development and roadbuilding.