Herbicides on forest land: California
Every gallon and pound of herbicide reported on forestry use reports, year by year, totalled from the county agricultural commissioners’ own records. Amounts are of the product as sold, not of active ingredient, and gallons and pounds are kept apart because they cannot honestly be added.
4,237 gal
Liquid herbicide product, 2021–2024
1,582 lb
Dry herbicide product, 2021–2024
7,990
Acres treated
10
Applications
- Glyphosate
- Imazapyr
- Triclopyr
- 2,4-D
- Other
By year
| Total | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | All years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 75.5 gal 668 lb | 15.5 gal 914 lb | 612 gal | 3,534 gal | 4,237 gal 1,582 lb 10 applications · 7,990 ac |
Not counted above: 3,103 gal of tank additives (surfactants, oils, dyes) mixed in with the herbicides.
By chemical
| Active ingredient(s) | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | All years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyphosate | 32 gal | — | 537 gal | 2,615 gal | 3,184 gal 5 applications |
| Imazapyr | 32 gal | — | — | 919 gal | 951 gal 4 applications |
| Triclopyr | — | — | 31.5 gal | — | 31.5 gal 2 applications |
| Clopyralid | 11.5 gal | 15.5 gal | — | — | 27.1 gal 2 applications |
| 2,4-D | — | — | 22 gal | — | 22 gal 1 application |
| Not yet identified | — | — | 21 gal | — | 21 gal 1 application |
| Hexazinone | 668 lb | 914 lb | — | — | 1,582 lb 2 applications |
By county
| County | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | All years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen | 75.5 gal 668 lb | 15.5 gal 914 lb | 612 gal | 3,534 gal | 4,237 gal 1,582 lb 10 applications · 7,990 ac |
By landowner
| Landowner | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | All years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM BEATY AND ASSOC. | 75.5 gal 668 lb | 15.5 gal 914 lb | 612 gal | 3,534 gal | 4,237 gal 1,582 lb 10 applications · 7,990 ac |
Records that don’t add up
These lines report a rate per acre more than ten times what the same product is normally reported at — almost always a dropped decimal point in the county’s data. They are left out of the totals above rather than corrected, and shown here so the county can be asked to fix them.
| Use report | Date | County | Product | Reported | Per acre | Usual per acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEB2217141646 | 2022-10-23 | Lassen | DU PONT VELPAR DF HERBICIDE | 22,122 pounds on 63 ac | 351.14 | 4.05 |
| WEB2217141669 | 2022-10-24 | Lassen | DU PONT VELPAR DF HERBICIDE | 29,025 pounds on 83 ac | 349.7 | 4.05 |
How these totals are made
- Only published forestry applications, and only what use reports say was applied. Notices of intent are plans, not use, and are left out.
- The same record sent in several formats is counted once.
- A product with two active ingredients is counted once, under the mix, so the chemicals add up to the yearly total.
- Rodent baits are not herbicides and are not counted. Tank additives are totalled separately.
- Ounces are read as fluid or weight ounces from the product’s formulation; anything that still can’t be converted is shown as “+ amount unit” rather than dropped.
- Totals grow as more counties answer records requests, so a low number can mean a county has not sent its records yet.