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County weeds coordinator details integrated pest work, grant partnerships and eradication gains
Summary
Weeds coordinator Izzy Weinhold described the county’s integrated pest-management strategy, partnership grants (including a USDA invasive-species mitigation grant), volunteer events, loaner equipment for goat-head seed removal and a targeted eradication that lowered a known population from 97 to 48 plants.
Izzy Weinhold, introduced to the commission as the county weeds coordinator, gave an overview of the county’s noxious-weeds work on Oct. 15. Weinhold explained that staff use integrated pest management — mechanical removal, targeted herbicide application and biological controls — and that herbicides are used only where appropriate and with safety training.
She described…
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