![Cheat Grass](https://i0.wp.com/wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/CheatGrass1.jpg?fit=288%2C216&ssl=1)
A year after the Fourth of July fire on Mount Jumbo, a long green line of cheatgrass is visible where fire retardant was dropped. The red slurry retardant allows some exotic weeds to replace native grasslands, according to preliminary results of a study by Salish Kootenai College and the University of Montana. Photo by JED LITTLE