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Weed board outlines ISM grant uses, plans sprayer giveaways, drone training and first airplane spray
Summary
Duchesne County Weed Board reviewed options for ISM grant funds including a community 'free chemical day', equipment-rental funding, raffles for sprayers at agricultural events, drone training for mapping, and a planned airplane application to treat a Russian olive patch.
The Duchesne County Weed Board reviewed options for spending ISM grant funds and discussed several outreach and operational steps to expand local invasive-weed control. Rex (board staff) said the grant paperwork transferred after the death of a previous employee but that funds remain usable this year and offered several models other counties use to distribute grant dollars.
"There's so many options ... we can pull a lot of money for a lot of different things," Rex said, outlining ideas that included a yearly 'free chemical day' for residents, short-term equipment rentals, and raffling sprayers at…
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