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Bare Shoulders: Herbicide Along the Highway

Around the country highway maintenance staff spray herbicide to keep the shoulder clean and bare. But in some places people don’t like that.

Highway departments across the nation put time, energy and resources into maintaining the side of the road, often preferring to keep it clean and clear of plants. But, as Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports, in Oregon, some residents don’t want chemicals used to keep the highway shoulders bare.