Background
Hittle, George F. was born on February 20, 1935 in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States.
Hittle, George F. was born on February 20, 1935 in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, U. Wyoming, 1962; postgraduate, U. Wyoming, 1974, 82; postgraduate, Laramie County (Wyoming) Community College, Cheyenne, 1984, 87, 93, 94.
Range conservationist, unites states department of Interior/Bureau Land Management, Rock Springs and Worland, Wyoming, 1962-1968; weed and pest supervisor, Hot Spring County Weed and Pest Control District, Thermopolis, Wyoming, 1971-1973; weed and pest coordinator, Wyoming Department Agriculture, Cheyenne, since 1974.
Co-author amendment to Federal Noxious Weed Act, 1990, Guidelines for Coordinated Management of Undesirable Plants in Wyoming, 1990, Wyoming Environmental Pesticide Control Act, 1973, Leafy Spurge Control Act, 1978, 83, rewrite of Wyoming Weed and Pest Control Act, 1979, rewrite of Wyoming Seed Law, 1983, Wyoming Weed and Pest Special Management Program, 1989, rewrite of Federal Noxious Weed Act. Co-founder Intermountain Agriculture Foundation, since 1987. Developer, co-organizer Regional Forage Certification Program for Noxious Weed-Free Forage, 1986, 87.
Co-developer, co-implementer Colorado/Wyoming Operation and Inspection Standards for recycling plastic agriculture pesticide containers, 1993. Organizer 1st trip to Washington with Wyoming delegate on weed-related issues, 1975. With United States Army, 1954-1956.
Member Western Society Weed Science, Weed Science Society of America, Society Range Management, Wyoming Weed and Pest Control district, Wyoming Weed and Pest Council, Intermountain Agriculture Foundation, Intermountain Noxious Weed Advisory Council (organizer 1987), Western Weed Coordinating Committee (organizer 1988), Elks.