SW Colorado picks fight with invasive oxeye daisy

<p>(Photo: Courtesy Flickr user&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonymorris/8272274729/" target="_blank">Tony Morris</a>/Creative Commons)</p>
<p>A bevy of government agencies and counties are joining together to fight the spread of oxeye daisies, an invasive species.</p>
Photo: Oxeye daisies
A bevy of government agencies and counties are joining together to fight the spread of oxeye daisies, an invasive species.

The Durango Herald reports that the daisy, which was introduced to the area about 20 years ago, has pushed out native grasses and is inedible to elk and deer.

Read more at the Durango Herald.