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WSSA works with CAST and local leaders to develop management and control solutions WESTMINSTER, Colo. , April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and its member scientists are partnering with the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), and multiple other organizations to ward off fire-adaptive invasive plants that pose serious, imminent threats to a healthy U.S. biosphere. A soon-to-be published CAST research paper, " Integrated Management of Fire-Adapted Invasive Plants That Change Wildfire Regimes ," details the recent destructive impacts these plants have inflicted to people, plants and animals throughout numerous U.S. regions; it also provides recommendations to minimize their future impact. This research will be the topic of a CAST webinar, on Wednesday, May 6, at noon, CST. "Fire-adaptive invasive plants may well be the biggest issue facing weed science today," says Greg Dahl, one of the research paper's co-authors, past WSSA president, and a WSWS representative on the CAST Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup. "These invasive species are literally adding fuel to potential future fires that threaten our nation's safety, health, economy and ecology." The CAST research authors spoke recently at the Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS) annual meeting in Tucson, ... Full story available on Benzinga.com
