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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Nonnative Species
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Salt cedar (Tamarisk)

This park has a very aggressive program to control exotic plant species, particularly Tamarisk. Also known as Salt cedar, this aggressive shrub has impacted all the major river systems in the western United States. The Chihuahan Desert /Southern Shortgrass Prairie Exotic Plant Management Team has provided significant support for this project. As of June, 2004, all 350+ acres that originally infested the park had been eradicated. 

Other weeds of concern on site are Russian knapweed, Canada thistle, Whitetop, Kochia, and Bindweed, but are controlled using Integrated Pest Management principles.

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Trapper teaches trapping to the visitors

Did You Know?
One of the most educated and well traveled men at Bent’s Fort was a humble hunter named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. This highly regarded Bent employee started out life as the infant son of Sacajawea and accompanied his mother on the famous Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Last Updated: July 31, 2006 at 18:20 MST