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# Railroad to spray chemicals along tracks between May and August
- URL: https://ktna.org/railroad-to-spray-chemicals-along-tracks-between-may-and-august/
- Published: 2013-05-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-05-03T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: Herbicide spraying will take place along the Alaska Rail Road Train Tracks in the Talkeetna Area for the first time since 1983. Since the Alaska Department of Conservation changed the
- Author: GM
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

Herbicide spraying will take place along the Alaska Rail Road Train Tracks in the Talkeetna Area for the first time since 1983\. Since the Alaska Department of Conservation changed the regulations governing herbicide and pesticide application in March, the Railroad no longer needs to apply for a permit or wait out a public comment period. Instead, they notify the DEC of which pesticides they intend to use, and when the application will take place. In the case of the Alaska Rail Road, the period which they will apply pesticide is between May and August.

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