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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/8/13                     CONTACT: ROSIE TAYLOR

Mike McFadden elected to Board of Supervisors Effective May 2013

.The board of supervisors holds monthly public meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, at 7 p.m. at the district office in the Shold Business Park, 205 W. Patison St. Port Hadlock, WA 98339.

 

Timberland Owners Jefferson County Herbicide treatment Spring 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  4/11/13    CONTACT:  Rosie Taylor  385-4105

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            FORESTLAND AERIAL SPRAYING

            Jefferson County forest landowners and managers will be applying herbicides on their property by helicopter this spring, between April 22 and May 15.  Dates of application will depend on the weather.  The herbicides that will be used include  "Oust Extra" (sulfometuron methyl), Accord (glyhosate), Polaris SP (Imazapyr).  Surfactants will also be added to increase the spray efficiency.

            Sites of the aerial spraying are scattered through east Jefferson County.  The spraying is considered necessary to control vegetation that competes with tree seedlings and effects their growth.  Notification of neighbors is being done by the companies involved, normally by house calls.  The spraying will be conducted by a low-flying helicopter which releases spray through multiple, calibrated nozzles.

            The spraying personnel are regulated by the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture and the spraying itself is regulated by the Dept. of Natural Resources.  Spraying is contingent on low winds to prevent drift.  All streams and wetlands will be buffered as per the tables found in Chapter 222-38 WA Administrative Code (WAC).  There will be no application to flowing or standing water.  The companies involved make every effort to ensure the spray strikes only the areas targeted.

            A monitoring program coordinated by the Jefferson County Conservation District has been in place since 1985.  A voluntary agreement was drawn up between the County and forest land owners/managers regarding aerial application procedures.  The overall intent of the agreement is to notify the public about the chemicals involved, and when and where the spraying will occur.

            Maps of the spray areas are posted at the Conservation District office (205 W. Patison St., Port Hadlock) and website (www.jeffersoncd.org), and the County Commissioners office at the Courthouse.  Questions on the spraying should be directed to Mike Glass at Olympic Resource Management (360-297-0570, x27) or the Conservation District Office (360-385-4105).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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