Hello! I live on the west side of Bald Hill in Benton County between Corvallis and Philomath. This year, I'm noticing so many little ant hills in the dirt around my 2 acre parcel this year. I have never seen this before, and I've lived here since 2006. They are very small, more so than the "normal" ant, and are busy doing their ant business - moving dirt up through their little hills, etc. It is just a high population ant year? Or is it something new and invasive that I should be concerned about or act on? It does make it look like nothing will grow in these spaces - they are in spaces that normally struggle with foliage, like just off of our driveway, at the entrance to a pasture, along the road to the barn. Let me know what you think - if it isn't a big deal, or if it's something I should do something about before it becomes a bigger problem. Thank you!