Supervisors approve grant application for invasive weed control

Although the size of some of the sites in San Diego County affected by invasive weeds does not sound impressive, the county’s Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures wishes to eradicate those weeds before they spread and the Board of Supervisors approved a grant application for invasive weed control on a 5-0 vote October 18.

The supervisors’ action authorized the department to apply for a $100,000 grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture for a two-year project titled Prevention, Early Detection, and Eradication of Noxious and Invasive Weeds in California. The superv...