Weyerhaeuser Company will be conducting the site preparation phase of its 2018 Aerial Forestry Herbicide Project in Maine beginning on, or about August 28, 2018 and continuing until about September 25, 2018, circumstances permitting. The purpose of the project is to prepare sites for tree planting.
The herbicides Rodeo, Arsenal AC, and Oust XP will be used. These herbicides act specifically on plants and have been approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Maine Board of Pesticides Control.
The 2018 Conifer Release Program will involve application of herbicides to 137 carefully selected sites on about 3257 acres of company land in Somerset and Piscataquis Counties. Applications will take place in the following Unorganized Townships: Bowdoin College Grant (T8R10 NWP) Big W TWP, Brassua (T2R2 NBKP), Days Academy Grant, Elliotsville TWP, Frenchtown (TAR13 WELS), Lily Bay (TAR14 WELS), Long Pond TWP (T3R1 NBKP), Sandwich Academy Grant (T2R1 NBKP), Spencer Bay (T1R1WELS), Soldiertown TWP (T2R3 NBKP), Smithtown (T1R13 (WELS), Mayfield (T2R2 BKP EKR), West Forks, Pierce Pond TWP (T2R4 BKP WKR).
Applications will take place in the following Organized Townships: Greenville and Shirley.
Weyerhaeuser Company has established human health and environmental safety procedures to ensure the proper use of herbicides and to minimize public exposure. All applications will be completed in accordance with an EPA registered product label and in compliance with all regulations of the Maine Board of Pesticides Control. Weyerhaeuser Company uses herbicides only when necessary and appropriate and in accordance with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) Standard.
Additional information on Weyerhaeuser Company's forestry herbicide project may be obtained from John Ackley at (207) 672-8031. Information on the regulation and use of herbicides in Maine is available from the Maine Board of Pesticides Control at (207) 287-2731. Additional information on herbicides may also be obtained from the Northern New England Poison Center administration at (207) 662-7222, or Emergency at 1- 800-222-1222.
Weyerhaeuser Company
P.O. Box 646
Bingham, Maine 04920
(207) 672-8031
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