Fight to eradicate nasty weed from NSW now underway in Tenterfield

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Updated April 16 2019 - 12:17pm, first published April 10 2019 - 4:00pm
A group of 20 council, LLS and DPI weed spotters are scouring lands within a five-kilometre radius of the black knapweed discovery on Bellevue Road to gauge the extent of the invasion. Pictured are DPI local incident officer Rod Ensbey, LLS regional weeds coordinator and operations manager Jonathan Lawson, and Tenterfield Shire Council biosecurity officer Chris Battersby.
A group of 20 council, LLS and DPI weed spotters are scouring lands within a five-kilometre radius of the black knapweed discovery on Bellevue Road to gauge the extent of the invasion. Pictured are DPI local incident officer Rod Ensbey, LLS regional weeds coordinator and operations manager Jonathan Lawson, and Tenterfield Shire Council biosecurity officer Chris Battersby.

An local incursion of the dreaded black knapweed has triggered a swift and strong reaction from government authorities and will be stopped in its tracks, if this week's surveillance efforts and ongoing vigilance to eradicate the weed from NSW is successful.

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Donna Ward

Senior Journalist

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