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. 
Week of January 20, 2012
   
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