Tyrrell waters sprayed
Published 6:12 pm Tuesday, September 13, 2016
- GAVIN DAVENPORT SPRAYED POLARIS AQ to kill alligator weed in Bee Tree Canal in western Tyrrell County on August 16. Tyrrell County Soil & Water Conservation District sprayed 53,205 feet of banks, or 18.3 acres of vegetation, of the canal that flows from Lake Phelps into the Scuppernong River. (T. Fleming photo)
The Tyrrell County Soil & Water Conservation District has sprayed 155,830 feet of shoreline — that’s 29.5 miles, or 53 acres of vegetation in its Tyrrell Aquatic Weed Control and Maintenance Program (TAWCAMP), reported Ty Fleming, district administrator/technician.
“Our plan is to spray in the spring of the year when the alligator weed starts to bloom, a possible spray mid-summer, and a possible spray in fall, to try and better control than previous efforts of only once a year and around 30-40 acres of vegetation,” Fleming stated.
He said Polaris AQ, a chemical formulated for aquatic use, is currently being sprayed on Tyrrell waters.
In the Goat Neck, eastern Fort Landing and part of Taylor’s Beach areas, 60,779 feet — 11.5 miles — or 20.1 acres of vegetation were sprayed thus far.
In and near Columbia and parts of Soundside, 41,846 feet — eight miles — or 14.6 acres of vegetation were sprayed.
And in Bee Tree Canal, the spraying amounted to 53,205 feet — 10 miles — or 18.3 acres of vegetation.
The Soil & Water Conservation District board of supervisors members are: Carl Jones, chairman; Eric Brown; Mittie Hamilton; Wesley Hopkins and Trey Liverman. The district office is at 155 L.A. Keiser Drive in Columbia.
Fleming included the following anonymous statement at the end of his report: “Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”