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David Briggs

Marin County Parks rangers removed an invasive acacia at Chicken Ranch Beach on Tuesday and will return to cover the stump with fabric—rather than with a pesticide—so the stump doesn’t sprout. The county gradually cut back on the use of glyphosate over the last 20 years and now doesn’t use it at all, according to a report presented to county supervisors on Tuesday. Last year, the county further reduced its application of other conventional pesticides,…