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Volunteer restoration group asks permission to use cut‑stump herbicide; resident urges pause on deer culling plan
Summary
Volunteers seeking authority to use cut‑stump herbicide and residents opposing planned deer culling both addressed the Vienna Town Council; staff noted state approval and Fairfax County precedent for trained volunteer applicators, while opponents requested Vienna-specific deer data before lethal actions.
At the July 7 meeting, volunteer restoration leaders and residents raised two related conservation issues: trained volunteers asked permission to use cut-stump herbicide to control invasive woody plants, and at least one resident urged the council to pause a proposed deer-management program that would include calling events and sharpshooters in town parks.
Dr. Maryam Dotka, a regular parks volunteer, described repeated field work to remove invasive woody plants and asked council to…
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