Managing knotweed adjacent to water under the City of Abbotsford’s Pesticide Use Permit

• FREE
• 4 Courses
• 1h 0m

This webinar is approved in BC for one Industrial Vegetation & Noxious Weed Continuing Education Credit (CEC) towards pesticide applicator certification. To qualify for the credit, you must be a member of IVMA's Continuing Education Program and you must watch the entire webinar and take the quiz at the end.  If you would like to become a member click to join: ISCBC or IVMA

If you are not a member and do not need to access the quiz at the end for Continuing Education Credits you can access the webinar for free through our YouTube Channel. 

Overview: Drinkwater Environmental Services has been involved with acquiring the following Pesticide Use Permits: 738-0027-18-21, 738-0028-18-21, and 169-009-21-24. These permits have specifically covered the management of knotweed using herbicides within pesticide free zones (PFZ) adjacent to water bodies. This talk will focus on the work that has been conducted within the jurisdiction of the City of Abbotsford. In addition to the process of acquiring these permits recent conversations with the Ministry of Environment regarding the management of invasive species on private land by a contracted party will be covered.

About the presenter: Doug was born in Nelson and grew up in Smithers BC. He left a career in mineral exploration and silviculture to form Drinkwater Environmental Services (DES) with Bob Drinkwater in 2011. Since then DES has been involved in vegetation management including invasive plant management throughout BC. DES is the primary contractor for the Fraser Valley Invasive Species Society. In 2021 Doug took over as general manager of DES. Doug is currently studying integrated pest management at the University of the Fraser Valley, while managing DES operations.