Sunday, May 14, 2006
2006-05-12-Southwest Creek
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2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 001.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 002.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 003.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 004.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 005.jpg, 2006-
Dear Commissioners and all:
RE: Dispersal of Flea Beetles to control the growth of the noxious alligator weed.
These pictures will take you with us down Southwest Creek from Haws Run to Route 17. We put in at 10:52 and reached Rte. 17 at 4:30.
Ken Court had four bags and I had five bags of the beetles. Ken took the left and I took the right side of the river. We put out a few beetles wherever we observed the presence of alligator weed. Future trips will have to be made to observe and report the success of this effort.
Dr. Diana Rashash wrote as follows: "The section of Southwest Creek between Hwy 53 and Haws Run Rd. is absolutely beautiful....and full of blowdowns! Melissa and I got quite a workout today. Let me know if your group plans to attack it with chain saws. A couple of the trees were covered with poison ivy, but I'd be willing to help with the rest! There were also a lot of bottles. I removed all the glass ones that I saw."
Jim Crownover, a visitor from Pennsylvania paddled a scouting trip with Dale Weston and I from 53 to 17 on the 10th. He said he would never do it again.
Commissioners, it is essential and imperative that these trees blocking all our streams be removed. Your Boards saw the importance of this in 2,000, 2001 and 2002. JR Batcheor did this then. We had some of the best paddling we ever had when we could paddle where he had cleared.
Ophelia and Isabel have made it necessary it be done again.
Please do what ever is necessary to get these fallen trees removed on every creek in Onslow County.
2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 001.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 002.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 003.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 004.jpg, 2006-05-12-Southwest Creek-flea beetle 005.jpg, 2006-
Dear Commissioners and all:
RE: Dispersal of Flea Beetles to control the growth of the noxious alligator weed.
These pictures will take you with us down Southwest Creek from Haws Run to Route 17. We put in at 10:52 and reached Rte. 17 at 4:30.
Ken Court had four bags and I had five bags of the beetles. Ken took the left and I took the right side of the river. We put out a few beetles wherever we observed the presence of alligator weed. Future trips will have to be made to observe and report the success of this effort.
Dr. Diana Rashash wrote as follows: "The section of Southwest Creek between Hwy 53 and Haws Run Rd. is absolutely beautiful....and full of blowdowns! Melissa and I got quite a workout today. Let me know if your group plans to attack it with chain saws. A couple of the trees were covered with poison ivy, but I'd be willing to help with the rest! There were also a lot of bottles. I removed all the glass ones that I saw."
Jim Crownover, a visitor from Pennsylvania paddled a scouting trip with Dale Weston and I from 53 to 17 on the 10th. He said he would never do it again.
Commissioners, it is essential and imperative that these trees blocking all our streams be removed. Your Boards saw the importance of this in 2,000, 2001 and 2002. JR Batcheor did this then. We had some of the best paddling we ever had when we could paddle where he had cleared.
Ophelia and Isabel have made it necessary it be done again.
Please do what ever is necessary to get these fallen trees removed on every creek in Onslow County.
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