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Trust reviews 2024 herbicide use, plans more monitoring and neighbor outreach
Summary
City natural resources staff reported limited herbicide use in 2024, identified small patches of yellow archangel in Pioneer Park, and said the trust will prioritize monitoring, targeted treatments and neighbor outreach to reduce herbicide reliance.
The Open Space Conservancy Trust on July 17 received a report from the City of Mercer Island on herbicide use in 2024 and a plan for 2025 monitoring and treatments. Natural Resources Program Manager Lizzie Stone presented the report and said staff and trustees share a goal to “minimize herbicide use wherever possible.”
Stone told trustees the trust adopted a herbicide use protocol in May and updated it in January; the protocol requires staff to report annually on recent and planned herbicide use. The nut of her presentation: staff surveyed for knotweed, shiny geranium, yellow archangel, yellow flag iris and spotted jewelweed in 2024 and encountered only…
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