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Tri‑Creek to use herbicides and growth inhibitors to manage vegetation under solar panels
Summary
Facilities staff said integrated vegetation management—combining mowing with targeted herbicides and growth inhibitors—will be used to control weeds and small trees under district solar arrays to protect equipment and lower maintenance costs.
District facilities staff told the board that weed and small‑tree growth under campus solar arrays had outpaced the grounds crew’s ability to control it by mowing alone and that the district will adopt an integrated vegetation management approach.
"We're going to use some herbicides and growth inhibitors underneath just the panels, just so that slows the growth down underneath those. And then we're going to mow it also," Jason, the district facilities…
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