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Maine's forestry community protects water quality during timber harvesting
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AUGUSTA — Today, the results of a study on the use and effectiveness of forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) at timber harvests across the state from 2020-2021 were released by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service (MFS). BMPs are voluntary measures used to protect water quality. BMP use and effectiveness at […]
Be careful of residual herbicides when selling hay/straw
June 06, 2022
DEFUNIAL SPRINGS, Fla. — I recently met with a home gardener who brought in tomato plants showing strange symptoms on the leaves. Â Together we puzzled over the odd leaf-curling symptoms that were affecting their tomato beds, but not other areas of the garden. Upon further investigation it was revealed that hay, used as mulch, had […]