9/13/2023 0 Comments French broom in santa cruz ca![]() ![]() The cut broom plants, and all other visible broom plants along the roads had already gone to seed. Sources have told the Press Banner that “cut-stump” cutting and glyphosate use occurred last month in “high-priority” areas along the access roads that circle the southern portions of the district’s property, where wells provide drinking water for the Felton area.Ī walking tour of some of those areas on June 30 showed little evidence of fresh cutting, except for one four-foot-high pile of fresh-cut broom plants piled next to one access road. The district has provided no details of what the district has alternately called its “cut stump” or “cut-and-dab” actions. Two months after the glyphosate motion, the only part of the May 8 five-part French Broom plan that the SLV Water District has enacted is the fifth and last item, which the district’s website said is “to selectively apply glyphosate to the few mother plants in the most sensitive areas one time, and monitor.” Today, July 7, the California Environmental Protection added glyphosate to its list of cancer-causing chemicals, requiring warning labels on any products containing the pesticide to state that it is known to cause cancer. When plans to apply the herbicide glyphosate to the watershed were revealed in mid-April, a storm of protest had erupted at a raucous April 20 board meeting, which led to a second meeting, then the May 8 decision. There was a sense of urgency at the time, because the bushy plant was in full yellow bloom, and directors wanted to act quickly before the blossoms went to seed. ![]() ![]() On May 8, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, on a 3-2 vote, approved a five-part plan for the eradication of French Broom, an invasive plant species, from its sensitive Olympia Well Head, a protected watershed around an old quarry off West Zayante Road in Felton. ![]()
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