I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Knapweed Root Weevils Going to Town
Okanagan Okanogan 
What if the weevils eat all the knapweed and then move onto something we like? Pest importation to control another invader is tricky…
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About 5 years ago we had a very big problem with knapweed and a man from the University Extension service held a seminar on a ranch near here where they had done studies of the for about 15 years. As part of the seminar we collected a can full of the weevils and brought them home. Our knapweed is now almost completely gone. There have been no side effects at all.
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Fantastic!
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I shared this on Facebook. Those weevils are cute.
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