County authorizes application for phragmites control grant
Greeley County authorized the weed superintendent to apply for Sandhills Weed Management Area grant funding to survey and spray phragmites along river systems at no cost to the county; helicopter surveys and spraying were proposed for late September or early October and the board requested landowner notification plans.
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The Greeley County Board of Commissioners authorized Weed Superintendent Jeremy Straka to apply for a grant from the Sandhills Weed Management Area to survey and spray phragmites along river systems at no cost to the county. Straka joined the meeting by phone and explained that helicopter surveys and spraying would occur in late September or early October. Commissioners stressed that public notification — including newspaper advertisements and direct landowner contact — should precede any spraying.
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