The Linn County Secondary Road Department and the Linn County Conservation Department remind county residents that state law prohibits mowing roadside vegetation before July 15th.
That applies to the rights-of-way or medians on any primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary road.
This law protects roadside habitats for nesting game birds, songbirds, and other ground-nesting birds in the spring and early summer until they are ready to fledge. The law also protects habitats for pollinators and other beneficial insects, including crop-pest predators…