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La importancia del control biológico
Hace frío, está lloviendo, y estoy caminando con Especialista de Malezas Nocivas Karen Peterson en el lado oeste de Discovery Park en Seattle. Estamos aquí para controlar una infestación de la escoba amarilla (Cytisus scoparius) con un método de control biológico: un insecto… Read More ›
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Latino Outdoors camina con el Programa de Control de Malezas Nocivas del Condado de King
Este 17 de junio, miembros del grupo Latino Outdoors y Especialistas de Educación del Programa de Control de Malezas Nocivas del Condado de King, Sasha Shaw y Nate Dolton-Thornton, escalaron la montaña de la serpiente de cascabel (Rattlesnake Ledge). Mientras… Read More ›
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A Day in the Life of a Weed Specialist: Saving Skykomish from Orange Hawkweed
Have you ever wondered how King County’s noxious weed specialists find and control invasive weeds in King County? Or have you wondered what they do to keep themselves, and all of us, safe while they do their job? If you have—or… Read More ›
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Visit Us at the 2017 WALP Annual Summer Field Day!
On July 13th, the King County Noxious Weed Control Program will be hosting an information booth on noxious weeds at the 2017 Washington Association for Landscape Professionals (WALP) Annual Summer Field Day. To find more information or sign up to… Read More ›
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Who’s Who? Noxious Weeds and their Look-Alikes
Weed Specialist Mary Fee paces through the wetlands at Dumas Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, scanning the cattails around her. Every few dozen feet she stops to inspect a smaller plant growing among them. She’s looking for perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium),… Read More ›
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Latino Outdoors Teams up with the King County Noxious Weed Control Program
It’s a warm and sunny day on Rattlesnake Ledge, and a group of hikers rests while it enjoys a well-earned view. As the party eats lunch, the conversation flits back and forth between Spanish and English. Afterwards the hike’s organizer, Michelle… Read More ›
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Spotted Knapweed – June 2017 Weed of the Month
What’s five feet tall, has pink or purple flowers with spotted bracts, and costs the state of Montana $42 million each year? If you answered spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe), you’re right! A native to grassland steppes between central Europe and… Read More ›
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Free Knotweed Control Classes this Summer!
Ever wondered about that giant stand of bamboo-like plants in your backyard, or community garden, or creek edge, that just keeps getting bigger each year? Have you spent months, or years, or even decades struggling to get rid of it?… Read More ›
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Weeds to Watch Out For: June 2017
Enjoying the recent spell of sunny weather? You’re not the only one: Across King County, a number of noxious weeds are already bolting, flowering, or going to seed, and our Weed Specialists are working hard to keep them under control…. Read More ›
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Biocontrol Agents: Noxious Weed Control’s Unsung Heroes
On a cold and rainy May morning, I walk with Weed Specialist Karen Peterson along the bluffs at the west edge of Seattle’s Discovery Park. As usual, we’re here to control weeds—in this case, a large stand of Scotch broom (Cytisus… Read More ›
