Kudzu Control Demonstration

Project Sites

Site 1

Kudzu surrounding residents in Riverdale Community at Oxford, Mississippi

Foresters assess Kudzu problem on City of Oxford property

Location:               Lafayette County, Mississippi    (S22, T8S, R3W)

Located within the city limits of Oxford along the east side of

Highway 7 just south of the Convention Center in the Riverdale

Community

Acres Treated:       20.3

Herbicides Used:    Escort, Transline, Tordon K

Application Dates:  1^st Application  August 2005

                            2^nd Application August 2006

Jerry Griffin (L), District Conservationist discusses Project Agreement with James Allen Cook (R) Riverdale Community resident

Mississippi Forestry Commission puts fire lane around demonstration site to protect homes