Oregon State Weed Board Grant Program

This is just one more example of grant money that could possibly be made available to be used to benefit Staffordshire. It’s certainly NOT the only other grant besides the grant Staffordshire is pursuing concerning mapping our water system, is it? https://www.oregon.gov/oda/programs/Weeds/Pages/GrantProgram.aspx I wonder…what if Staffordshire had a dedicated group that searched for and obtained

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Why does “Friends” exist?

Hi, my name is Stephen Short, a member of Staffordshire Homeowners Association (SHOA). I created Friends of Staffordshire (“Friends”) as an auxiliary to Staffordshire Homeowners Association and Staffordshire Water System (SWS). “Auxiliary” means “offering or providing help”. “Friends” is NOT subsidiary to SHOA or SWS; we are independently here to help. This site is not

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Pesticide Incident Update

I got a follow-up letter from Oregon Department of Agriculture the other day. According to this letter, a “follow-up use investigation has ben initiated by the Department, ODA Case No. 240030.” The full letter can be viewed here: https://friendsofstaffordshire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pesticide-Cases-240099-240030.pdfOn a related matter, as I understand it, one of our fellow SHOA members is going to

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