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Noxious Weed Office outlines lake surveys, spray equipment lease and cross-border coordination
Summary
Okanogan County's Noxious Weed Office reported plans for lake surveys and community meetings, a spray-equipment lease program for residents, and coordination with neighboring jurisdictions and the tribe; staff also pushed the state to require Douglas County to reestablish a weed board.
Larry Hudson, manager of the Noxious Weed Office, told commissioners the office is planning a June 27 survey of Osoyoos Lake with a community meeting in Oroville the same night and expects treatments in late July if monitoring warrants action.
Hudson said the office will hold a public meeting in Oroville and will publish a newsletter to area landowners. He said the Osoyoos Lake Management District wants a June survey and that last year's meeting attendance was low; the office intends to try a Friday evening meeting this year to boost turnout.
On equipment and program changes, Hudson said the office is launching a spray-equipment lease program for residents,…
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