News from past issues of the Timber Lake Topic and Isabel Dakotan
Timber Lake Topic
July 6, 1961
Grasshopper infestation
Approximately 80,000 acres of rangeland are generally infested with grasshoppers, according to a report by the Plant and Pest Control Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture last week.
The infestation runs along the Moreau River roughly from On-The-Tree church west to Thunder Butte in Ziebach County. Its widest area runs about 10 miles wid…