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French-Severn forest herbicide program set for September

PARRY SOUND, ON- Herbicide will be getting sprayed in the forests north of Parry Sound in September.

According to a notice from the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, aerial herbicide spraying is getting scheduled for multiple forest stands in the French-Severn Forest.

The spray is meant to control competing vegetation, as part of the ministry’s efforts to regenerate and protect forests in Ontario.

The ministry plan for the spraying states that the work is meant to ensure the growth and survival of primarily white pine, red pine and white spruce. The treatment areas are white pine stands, with overstories composed of mostly white pine with some aspen, birch, red pine, and red maple mixed in.

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They’re around 90 to 120 years old, and harvests have occurred one or two times.

“All of the blocks have moderate to high levels of competing vegetation that is composed of a number of hardwood and herbaceous species,” read the plan.

Those primary species are red maple, aspen, white birch, alder, and hazel.

The sprays used will be either VISIONMAX, a glyphosate, or WEEDMASTER, also a glyphosate, as well as GARLON XRT, a triclopyr.

Some camps or cottages may be within one kilometre of the treatment blocks, and their owners will be informed of the work. Manned and unmanned roadblocks could be used closer to the treatment areas, in order to monitor other users in the area.

Pesticide application warning signs will be posted at all reasonable points of public access to the spray blocks, and will include the specific product that will be used, with pesticide name and PCP number, the anticipated date that spray operations will commence, and the actual date that the pesticide treatment took place.

They will also have contact information for the contractor, and for the ministry. The information will be written in English, French, and Oji-cree.

During the actual spray operations physical roadblocks in the form of pickup trucks or barricades may be used closer to the treatment blocks.

Buffer zones will be put in place so any of the herbicides used won’t get into local bodies of water. Anyone looking to pick berries in the areas treated by Vision herbicide should know that it isn’t recommended after the area is sprayed. In following years, the berries can be picked and eaten.

More information can be found here: http://www.efmp.lrc.gov.on.ca/eFMP/home.do?currentFmu=&language=en

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