[MissoulaGov] upcoming MRL referrals

[Shaun]

What about hiring goats (and goatherds) to eat the weeds and produce milk and cheese from the valley?  Just a thought.  
Shaun Gant
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ethel MacDonald 
  To: Bob Jaffe 
  Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com 
  Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] upcoming MRL referrals


  Thanks, Bob, for calling attention to the MRL's use of herbicide.  What creative ideas can we come up with to end the practice?  
    The other one comes out of a referral I made regarding herbicide spray along the rail lines in the city. One day this last summer I was on my way to work and as I crossed the Bitterroot Spur at first street I saw a big truck coming down the rail line spraying the weeds from a long boom. It was putting out a huge cloud of spray that completely covered the adjacent commuter trail. It was windy and the poison filled the air. Once the truck went by there was no way for any unsuspecting person walking their dogs to know the ground was saturated with herbicide. I assume there are few if any rules governing the rail line’s use of herbicides but I’m hoping we can come to some agreement that at least lets us post a notice when they are doing it.  
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