Herbicide use will not be part of Marin Municipal Water District’s plan to prevent wildfires and curb invasive species on its lands, the district’s board of directors decided last Tuesday.
Herbicides had been included as a potentially major component of the district’s draft Wildfire Protection and Habitat Improvement Plan, which outlines a 15-year strategy for fortifying firebreaks and controlling weeds on 22,000 acres on Mount Tamalpais and around Nicasio and Soulajule Reservoirs.
“There has been…