(Editor’s Note: The following article was sequestered from the Wright County website).

Beginning May 24, the Wright County Highway Dept., as part of its vegetation management program, will be scheduling some roadside vegetation work along all Wright County highways.  The unwanted brush and noxious weeds will be cut and/or treated with herbicide.  This notice is to inform all property owners who have property abutting county highways of the work that is scheduled and their right to use alternative methods. 

The county’s goal is to eliminate the brush and noxious weeds and promote grass cover along the roadside.  Brush along the road reduces driving visibility, obstructs road signs and reduces driver reaction time to crossing wildlife.  Brush presents maintenance problems by retaining water along the roadbed, obstructing ditches and damaging equipment.

To meet these goals, the county uses selective herbicides that control the brush and noxious weeds but allow the grasses to grow, unharmed.  All herbicides the county uses has been fully tested and is approved for use by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

During the spraying operation, the county will take care to avoid sensitive areas adjacent to the right-of-way such as tree plantations, ornamental plantings, crops, gardens, front yards, lakes and streams.

If one would like to maintain the right-of-way adjacent to one’s land in some other fashion, such as mowing, please follow these instructions:

Prior to May 21, one can stop at the Wright County Highway Dept. Building at 3600 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo MN   55313 or email loren.green@co.wright.mn.us to receive a NO SPRAY form.  All forms need to be submitted before May 21, 2021.

Post on your property, the “DO NOT SPRAY” signs that will be provided.

Remove the brush and/or noxious weed plants (such as thistles, wide parsnip, and leafy spurge) within that site by June 07, 2021 and continue to maintain it.  If the brush and/or noxious weeds are not removed, then the county must treat the area as part of their vegetation management program.

 If one has any questions, call the Wright County Highway Department at (763) 682-7383.