“Disappointing.”
That’s the response from Michael Urquhart, General Manager of the Castlereagh Macquarie Council (CMCC), around the lack of take-up by 32 identified Lightning Ridge landholders to access free services to battle Hudson Pear infestations.
“We were hoping more landholders would take the opportunity to fill in the application and return it to council, meaning access to free chemical or contractor control services,” Mr Urquhart said.
At the April council meeting, the CMCC Senior Bio Security Officer Andrea Fletcher reported on the progress of the Hudson Pear control initiative stating that only six of the 32 landowners selected to receive free chemical or free contractor control services had completed and returned their formal applications…