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Mesa County expands Japanese beetle treatments across Grand Junction area as staff push for higher consent and longer-term funding
Summary
Natural Resources Director Amber Martinez told county and city leaders her office treated about 3,900 acres in 2025 and is door-knocking roughly 4,000 properties; staff seek better consent rates, developer outreach and sustainable funding to continue eradication efforts.
Mesa County officials updated city and county leaders on their third year of Japanese beetle treatments and urged broad cooperation to contain an infestation first detected in 2022 in the northern Grand Junction area.
"Japanese beetle was discovered in North Grand Junction in 2022," Natural Resources Director Amber Martinez told the workshop, describing a stepped-up eradication effort that expanded treated acreage to about 3,900 acres in 2025. Martinez said county crews and contractors are door-knocking about 4,000 properties and noted that some homeowners do not consent…
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