SF Gate
By Julie Brown Davis,
Mountain Towns Editor
Updated May 26, 2026 8:48 a.m.
The U.S. Forest Service is moving ahead with plans to spray the controversial herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, on thousands of acres devastated by the Caldor Fire, including in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The plans have sparked growing public opposition and have come under scrutiny from local residents, wellness and organic food advocates and environmentalists after an investigation published by Mother Jones this spring showed the federal government is spraying the herbicide at “record levels” across California forests.
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