This weekend’s BroomBusters cut will be focusing on completing the Alberni Street, Bowness Avenue and Manson Avenue sites.
“So, this Saturday, May 29, will be in-town on Bowness Avenue again at 10 am, and please park right at the intersection, at Bowness and Alberni Street,” said Powell River fire chief Terry Peters, who is coordinating the broom cutting exercise through the region. “We have a decent patch of broom to deal with that is causing some health concerns for a nice, elderly couple. It should only take less than an hour with a few people and then we can walk down the trail to Manson Avenue to get those pesky large plants that are crowding the sidewalks.”
Peters said the next weekend after this will be the final group cut of the year and he has a spectacular site in Wildwood, which boasts literally one of the best views in town, that requires attention in the name of prevention.
There is a short window for cutting, so Peters is trying to maximize the effort to make this community broom-free.
“We try to make it fun, not work,” said Peters. “The truckloads we have removed this year, we’re talking trillions of seeds that we’ve prevented from happening.”
Peters said people who may not want to cut but have a pitchfork and a pickup truck can also give a hand picking up the piles. All of the plants will be burned, according to Peters. He said they either go into the chipper and are made into hog fuel and burned in the mill or burned in the special incinerator the region has for this purpose.
He said many hands make the job lighter and a noticeable difference is being made. He said this is the biggest year of broom cutting ever, with more people getting involved.
“Bravo to all of you cutting,” said Peters. “I’ll see you this weekend.”
