Big Green X On I-90 Hillside Is A Result Of Herbicide Spray

X may mark the spot, but you won’t find any buried treasure in one hill along I-90.

Recently Bayer Chemical put on a demonstration of rejuvra, which explains the large green “X” on one of the hillsides of I-90 between Acme and Ranchester.

Rejuvra is a herbicide that stops cheatgrass and other annual grasses, by breaking the cycle of germination and future seed production and increases forage availability.

Andrew Cassiday is the District Conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

He says as a result of the herbicide, the grass that is not affected becomes more green.

“It improves the ability of those perennial grass species to grow, because there’s less competition for the resources, moisture and nutrients that the annual grasses would typically take up, and so without those annual grasses in those areas, it promotes the perennial grasses and thus they are lush and green and very visible in comparison.”

Cassiday adds that rejuvra is for sale at Sheridan County Weed and Pest as well as at Big Horn Airwaves.