Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25, as Janicki Logging Company conducts roadside herbicide treatment on private tree farm roads. The herbicide application will target invasive blackberry, Scotch broom, and grasses using a mixture containing glyphosate and broadleaf-control herbicides. Trail users are advised to avoid treated roadways and not pick or eat wild blackberries growing along treated areas. The mountain is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
Galbraith Mountain to close for herbicide spray Aug. 24-25
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- ✓Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Monday, Aug. 24“All of Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25, as Janicki Logging Company conducts roadside herbicide treatment on the private tree farm roads.”
- ✓Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Tuesday, Aug. 25“All of Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25, as Janicki Logging Company conducts roadside herbicide treatment on the private tree farm roads.”
- ✓Janicki Logging Company conducts roadside herbicide treatment on private tree farm roads“All of Galbraith Mountain will be closed to recreational access on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25, as Janicki Logging Company conducts roadside herbicide treatment on the private tree farm roads.”
- ✓Herbicide application will target invasive blackberry“Plants being targeted include invasive blackberry, Scotch broom and grasses.”
- ✓Herbicide application will target Scotch broom“Plants being targeted include invasive blackberry, Scotch broom and grasses.”
- ✓Herbicide application will target grasses“Plants being targeted include invasive blackberry, Scotch broom and grasses.”
- ✓Herbicide mixture contains glyphosate“Crews will use a custom mixture containing glyphosate and broadleaf-control herbicides, a spokesperson for Janicki Logging told Cascadia Daily News.”
- ✓Herbicide mixture contains broadleaf-control herbicides“Crews will use a custom mixture containing glyphosate and broadleaf-control herbicides, a spokesperson for Janicki Logging told Cascadia Daily News.”
- ✓Trail users are advised to avoid treated roadways“Trail users should not pick or eat wild blackberries growing along treated roadways, and should avoid any unnecessary contact with roadside vegetation.”
- ✓Trail users are advised not to pick or eat wild blackberries growing along treated areas“Trail users should not pick or eat wild blackberries growing along treated roadways, and should avoid any unnecessary contact with roadside vegetation.”
- ✓The mountain is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, Aug. 26“The mountain is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, Aug. 26.”
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