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Noxious Weeds program outlines mandated services, low‑cost herbicide sales and possible workload increase if state adds species
Summary
Noxious Weeds Director Mark Furry described statutory duties, a cost‑share herbicide program that sells chemicals to the public at 25% below wholesale, and warned that pending state additions of several species (including bush honeysuckle and teasels) could increase county workload.
Mark Furry, director of Noxious Weeds, told commissioners the office performs state‑mandated inspections, provides herbicides to the public at a mandated reduced price, offers education, issues legal notices when landowners fail to control regulated species and treats county rights‑of‑way and county properties. Furry said the office inspects more than 600 properties annually and maintains about 17 miles of curb‑and‑gutter mowing adjacent to bike paths and…
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