Pubdate: Sat, 16 Jul 2005
Source: Argus Leader (SD)
16008/1052
Copyright: 2005 Argus Leader
Contact:  http://www.argusleader.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/842

LANDOWNERS NEED TO CONTROL WEED GROWTH

Who knew that ditch weed was such a problem?

It is, at least to the Brookings County commissioners.

They recently approved a resolution, being sent to the South Dakota
Association of County Commissioners, urging that the state list domestic
cannabis as a noxious weed and requiring that landowners take care of the
problem themselves.

Brookings is one of only a handful of state counties that uses state money
to spray for the wild marijuana on private land.

Commissioners feel that should be the landowner's responsibility, not the
county's.

"If we decide that cannabis is a nuisance and it should be eradicated, then
I think it's only right to put the responsibility onto the people that have
it in the private areas, private sectors so that they can control it
themselves," said Commissioner Emil Klavetter.

Even if the resolution doesn't go anywhere, at least it brings attention to
the problem, said Commissioner Mary Negstad.

And so it does. 
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