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from "Stuart" contains these words:

Hello,

Does anyone know if local councils are responsible for the clearing of giant
hogweed? I've seen some huge clumps (forests in some cases!) beside roads,
railways and rivers in Stirling, and I was wondering if the council is being
negligent.

Contact Technical Services at Stirling council and ask them; I always
found them extremely helpful and responsive. They used to poison the GH
on my neighbour's riverside land.

Janet.