Ranchers concerned about the spread of invasive weeds
Knapweed can be a ranchers worst nightmare. The invasive species is threatening grasslands in the Nicola Valley.
Ranchers in the Nicola Valley are seeing knapweed choke out vital cattle grazing grasslands
Just off the Kamloops-Princeton Highway on the way to Lundbom lake sits a grasslands interpretive site.
It's a memorial to Laurie Guichon, a fourth-generation rancher in the Nicola Valley.
The site gives you a 360 degree view of the grasslands.
It's a place John Anderson likes to visit.
He's a rancher nearby, but when he looks out, he sees a threat.
Knapweed and other invasive plants choking out the native grasses - grasses vital for cattle grazing.
Daybreak's Jennifer Chrumka met up with John to see just how bad it is.
To hear the interview, click the link: Ranchers concerned about the spread of invasive weeds