The County of Renfrew’s Integrated Pest Management Plan
In 2017, the County invited the public, local municipalities, and organizations to review and provide comments to the draft Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP). The IPMP included the use of herbicides, mowing, mapping, monitoring, and educating the public in controlling hazardous plants found on County owned properties (roads, trails, forestry etc). In 2017, County Council approved the IPMP and directed staff to proceed with the approach in the IPMP to deal with the hazardous plants like Wild Parsnip.
An Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) is a sustainable, science-based, decision-making process that combines biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools to identify, manage and reduce risk from pests and pest management tools and strategies in a way that minimizes overall economic, health and environmental risks. Herbicide use is just one tool in the toolbox to control hazardous plants on County owned lands. In 2017, after a public engagement and feedback process, County Council approved a County of Renfrew IPMP and directed staff to proceed with the approach in the IPMP to deal with the hazardous plants like Wild Parsnip. Click to view the History of Vegetation Control and FAQ’s.
Have you found a noxious weed in your agricultural or horticultural land? Contact our Area Weed Inspector to book an inspection or submit a complaint. If you find noxious weeds on your residential property, contact your local municipality for help.
2024 Weed Control Program
The County of Renfrew intends to utilize Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. to control noxious weeds along County of Renfrew rural roadsides. For exact roadside locations, please visit the County of Renfrew website.
The contractor will be using the following pesticides registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada):
- Navius FLEX (Reg. #30922), containing the active ingredients Metsulfuron-methyl and Aminocyclopyrachlor.
- Hasten NT Ultra (Reg. # 31760), containing the active ingredients Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil).
Pesticide use is in accordance with the Public Works exception to the cosmetic pesticides ban for the promotion of public health or safety. The work will commence between June 24th, 2024 (weather permitting) and end July 26, 2024.
Please contact the County of Renfrew’s Public Works and Engineering Department if you require more detailed information regarding our spraying program. This information, along with maps of the spraying locations is available at www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca .
Click here to view the 2024 weed spraying zone map.
Richard Bolduc
Manager of Operations
Department of Public Works & Engineering
rbolduc@countyofrenfrew.on.ca
Tel: 613-735-7288
Toll Free: 1-800-273-0183
Tim Corput
Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc.
Tel: 613-938-2117
What is a noxious weed?
Noxious weeds are non-native plants that negatively impact agricultural and horticultural lands. View the Weed Control Act to see the 25 weeds listed.
Noxious weeds are hard to get rid of. They can reduce the yield and quality of crops, and cause health hazards to livestock and people because of their poisonous nature.
You must destroy all noxious weeds
Under the Weed Control Act, you must destroy all noxious weeds if you have found them on your agricultural or horticultural land. The County of Renfrew Weed Inspector may charge you if they find noxious weeds on your land after completing an inspection. Exceptions do not apply to noxious weeds that are far away and unrelated to any agriculture or horticulture land.
Weed Control Act
The Weed Control Act helps reduce noxious weeds and eliminate the negative health impacts. It helps to reduce the noxious weeds by removing plant disease hosts like barberry and European buckthorn that allow the noxious weeds to spread. This Act does not include residential property like lawns, gardens and private areas.
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