Greetings Petition Signers,
HABITAT SPRAYING IS NOT "Habitat Restoration" TOXIC SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES IS HAPPENING NOW Feb-March ON COASTAL BLUFFS from PILLAR POINT to MOSS BEACH Fitzgerald Marine Reserve*, NO NATIVE PLANTS BEING PLANTED. Oxalis is being sprayed. So please be on alert if you witness this in County parks, public lands, or along roads! If you can safely photo, note location, day, time, any details, and contact the County and us: egadvocates@gmail.com...much appreciated
We need YOUR HELP, please: voice your concerns, ask where and when herbicide spraying is planned, and protect public health and our environment instead of spraying, because alternatives to pesticides WORK without the toxic RISKS !
SMC Parks Director Nick Calderon: 650-599-1386
Supervisor Ray Mueller: 650-363-4569
HMB Review: 650-726-4424 press 3 for the Editor--we need this publicized!
Spray DRIFT HAPPENS with constant ocean breeze. Rains spread the chemicals and they run off into the ocean. Spray happened Feb 10th and it rained night of Feb 11th thru Feb 13th
About 10-15 people, some with their dogs, witnessed this and 2 asked questions which they reported to us. The County has hired Go Native contractors who are spraying Oxalis clover which covers an expansive area along miles of trails above the ocean (and almost everywhere else at this time of year). Oxalis appears seasonally, is easily pulled and seeds reduced when pulled before bloom.
Chemicals being used on sensitve habitat where pollinators and wildlife live: Garlon 4 Ultra (Triclopyr, active ingredient) and Clearcast (Imazamox).
Active Ingredient in Garlon 4 Ultra- Effects, solubility, 1/2 life.References included.
https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/pesticide-gateway?pesticideid=408
Active Ingredient in Clearcast
https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/pesticides/factsheets/Triclopyr.pdf
Please Call them with your questions and concerns asap, as more spraying is likely planned in the weeks and months ahead unless we can get their cooperation. Last year, one of them actually said that they think "only a few of us" care about this.
SHOW THEM-- THERE ARE MANY OF US !
Please SHARE THIS PETITION to warn others and to encourage signatures.
This unnecessary toxic spraying is a source of pollution that we can actually STOP ---with your help ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!