East Bay Regional Park District
Unfortunately, these are the latest figures EBPA could find on the Internet for the East Bay Regional Park District. EBPA will be happy to post more recent figures if they become available.Comparing from year to year can sometimes be difficult as concessionaires such as golf courses may be counted against the park total in one year and not in another.
| EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT - 2002 PESTICIDE USE (excerpts) | ||||
| PARK | PURPOSE | ROUNDUP (oz.) |
SURFLAN (oz.) |
GARLON (oz.) |
| Cull Canyon | Picnic sites, Columbia Parkway, parking lot, poison oak on school trail, eucalyptus resprout | 256 | 150 | 96.0 |
| Lake Chabot | Trail heads, staging areas, picnic sites, parking lots, eucalyptus | 672 | 576 | |
| Tilden | Poison oak, blackberries in group camp sites | 22 | ||
Golf courses are notorious for their use of pesticides. EBRPD has a goal of reducing pesticide use for this golf course using IPM.
TILDEN GOLF COURSE - 2002 FUNGICIDE USE |
|
Mancozeb |
202 lbs. |
Thiophanate-Methyl |
73 lbs. |
Iprodione |
12.5 gal. |
Fosetyl-Al |
77 lbs. |
Quintozene |
460 lbs. |
Chlorothalonil |
10 lbs. |
Vinclozolin |
36 lbs. |
While public officials talk about the importance of public notice and how IPM has resulted in reduction of pesticide use, the latest figures for EBRPD posted on the Internet (4/2005) are from 2002 and tell a different story.
| EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS - COMPARATIVE USE LEVEL | |||
| YEAR | ROUNDUP (gal) | SURFLAN (gal) | GARLON (gal) |
| 1998 | 44.2 | 20.7 | 23.3 |
| 2002 | 67 | 53.0 | 8.0 |