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Menlo Park: Pilot program to make city parks herbicide-free OK'd by council

Original post made on Aug 26, 2015

The Menlo Park City Council unanimous adopted revisions to the city's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) policy last night, including implementing a pilot program at four city parks to eliminate all herbicide use.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 11:16 AM

Comments

Posted by Gina Lee
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Aug 26, 2015 at 12:11 pm

I'm so glad to hear of the stop of pesticide use, a I have seen hive collapse and a drop in our natural predator population. We used to have more coyotes and bobcats in the hills, now we hardly see them on hikes, which scares me and lets me know we are out of balance. My little ones and I thank you!


Posted by Marjorie Z
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Aug 26, 2015 at 1:28 pm

It's a start. I hope they will add Nealon Park too. Yay yay yay yay yay!