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Public Notice of Pesticide Use

Updated: May 2, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE The Township of Howick intends to control noxious weeds along the following municipal roadsides through spot spraying where noxious weeds have been identified.

The Following Township of Howick Road Sides:

SALEM ROAD (South Side) from Belmore Line to Howick-Minto Line

ORANGE HILL ROAD from Belmore Line to Howick-Minto Line

GOUGH ROAD (North Side) from Belmore Line to Township Boundary

MUD LAKE LINE S from Gough Road to Harriston Road

MALCOLM LINE from Gough Road to Salem Road

TOLL GATE LINE from Gough Road to Salem Road

GORRIE LINE from Harriston Road to Salem Road

McINTOSH LINE from Gough Road to Harriston Road

LAWRIE STREET from Salem Road to Harriston Road

HOWICK-MINTO LINE (West side) from Salem Road to Harriston Road

All locations where herbicides will be applied are in rural areas along a highway in which the public has general right of access, but the application does not include any area intended for pedestrian access nor areas where the public is invited to stop such as rest areas or picnic areas.

The Township of Howick intends to control noxious weeds identified along the right-of-way locations noted above using the following pesticides under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada):

  • ClearView Herbicide (Registration No. 29752), containing the active ingredients: Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, and Metsulfuron methyl.
  • Hasten NT Ultra Spray Adjuvant (Registration No. 31760), containing the active ingredients: Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil).
  • Navius FLEX Herbicide (Registration No. 30922), containing the active ingredients: Metsulfuron – methyl and Aminocyclopyrachlor.
  • Gateway Adjuvant (Registration No. 31470), containing the active ingredients: Paraffinic Oil, and Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants. 

Anyone not wishing to have the roadside adjacent to their property treated for noxious weeds should contact Jamie McCarthy at the Township of Howick 519-335-3208 ext. 5.

Note:  It is the responsibility of the property owner requesting no spray to contact the person listed above each calendar year prior to the application of weed spray. Property owners requesting no spray will be responsible for all noxious weeds on the road allowance adjacent to their property. 

We are controlling noxious weeds under Public Works in accordance with the exception to the cosmetic pesticide ban in subsection 7.1 (2) of the Pesticides Act for the promotion of public health or safety

Commencing May 26, 2025, weather permitting and ending approximately June 30, 2025.

For information call (Collect Calls will be accepted): 

Scott Price

Howick Township

519-335-3208 ext 5

Or

Steve Ford

Green Stream

1-905-510-1229