HomeMy WebLinkAboutWeed Control Public Comment from Mary VantHull, 8-4-14 Public comments on Weed Control, for the City Commission on 8/4/14
I've been communicating with professional and private individuals so exten-
sively that this is just a partial list, including some with whom my contact up
til now has been tenuous:
Numerous people who visit Burke Park; several members of the Montana
State University Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences;
State of Montana Department of Agriculture, both in Helena and in Bozeman;
board members and employees of the Bozeman Deaconess Foundation Board;
State of Montana Department of Natural Resources; Gallatin County Weed
Control; and others.
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It seems no one is supervising the spraying of herbicides on private property
within the Bozeman City limits.
There are increasing signs & anecdotal evidence that indiscriminate spraying
is doing damage to Bozeman residents' health, safety & welfare.
Some cities now are apparently putting some regulations in place regarding
spraying on private property within their city.
With Bozeman being the fastest-growing city in Montana, just as the Bozeman
City commission once put stream setback regulations into plac, it appears
evident that it's time to have some regulation of weed spraying.
Bozeman has a wealth of expertise at Montana State University in the
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences.
Will the City Commission please start the ball rolling to see that Bozeman
protects all of us from harmful spraying?
As one among many people said to me, "Weed killer is absolutely not
discriminating so as to just hitting what you want it to. It hits everything. The
wildflowers on Peets Hill and all around are glorious and precious and are
totally vulnerable to weed killer."