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Board reviews Lyons' herbicide policy; staff says parks avoid synthetic herbicides
Summary
Staff summarized Lyons' current no‑synthetic‑herbicide policy for major parks (adopted 2020, reaffirmed 2025), saying Miramichi Green (OMRI rated) is the standard and that uses of other products are tracked and posted. Public commenters urged further action on county spraying and raised health and fire concerns.
Town staff reviewed the town's existing weed‑management policy, enacted after public petitions and revised in 2020 to prohibit routine synthetic herbicide use in the town's major parks. The written policy and subsequent Ecology Board recommendation require that any herbicide use be limited to state‑listed noxious weeds, include two days' notice with signage and website posting, and maintain records of product, location and frequency.
"The only product we use now is a a line called Miramichi Green. It's an OMRI rated weed product, and that's all we've used in the park since 2020," Parks Director Dave Cosgrove said, adding that staff also rely on mowing, altered watering and goat grazing to control noxious species. Public comment included multiple speakers who urged the board to take a clearer public position about county spraying and to convene a local meeting to collect resident input before county meetings.
