Abstract: R angeland wildfires in the Intermountain West suppress wildfires. Our purpose is to summarize forage have dramatically increased since 1979, placing a kochia's greenstripping utility and to suggest future remajor economic burden on private and public search needs. This information will benefit land manland managers to control or suppress these fires (Pellant agers who continually deal with rangeland wildfires. 1990). Perhaps more important is the loss of natural resources and degradation of ecological sites and ecosystems that result from repeated burning. Frequent wildfires prevent the establishment of native shrub, forb, and perennial grass plant communities and increase the dominance of invasive annual weedy species. One of the major contributors to increased wildfires is cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), which inhibits the establishment of native perennial species through competition Historically Greenstripping Shows Promise