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Washington state agency asks thousands of property owners for help in fight against invasive bug

The state’s agriculture department is asking for permission to treat about 17,000 parcels in central and eastern Washington with a pesticide that kills Japanese beetles

Posted 1/4/25

Property owners in Yakima, Benton and Franklin counties are being asked to cooperate with state efforts to eradicate invasive Japanese beetles by allowing Washington’s Department of Agriculture …

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