La Plata County
Weed Web Site

Navigation

Home Program Information Weed Lists and Laws Forms Education and Resources Noxious Weed List Articles Links Contacts

Weather

Weeds By Color

Program Information

Program Overview

The goal of La Plata County Weeds Department is to manage and/or eradicate noxious weeds in our region.  We do this by controlling the weeds on County Roads and County Properties, and also through educating and helping landowners with vegetation on their property.

Large infestations can be stopped, reduced, managed and sometimes eventually eradicated.  Smaller invasions can most times be fully eradicated before they have a chance to become established, and then spread throughout a sub region in the County.  By accomplishing this landowners and managers help stop noxious weeds from forcing out native plants and animals from their natural environment.

La Plata County has an aggressive program when it comes to weed management.   We have developed our own methods for tracking and controlling weeds and have worked with many landowners to help manage weeds on private properties.  Below are some of the methods that have helped to control weeds thus far in La Plata County:

Consultations to Landowners

    On Site: Property walk through, with County Weed Manager

• For private landowners, subdivision members or property managers
• Identify both Noxious Weeds and Native Plants
• Weed Management Plan: control methods related to species, control times and native plants to help rehabilitate
• No cost

   Off Site:  La Plata County Weed Office

• Bring plant samples into office for ID
• Control method suggestions or Weed Management Plan written
• Please call for an appointment to make sure staff is available

Control roads and property weed management

• Promptly manage starting weed invasions along county road right of ways
• This limits spread to adjacent private properties and public lands

 

 

Map Noxious Weeds

• Data collection of weed infestations using a GPS/GIS system
• Historic data comparison (track weeds over time)
• Landowner notification
• Generate infestation maps for subdivision and County Roads weed management

 

Priority and Enforceable Weeds

• All landowners and managers with these weeds are required to manage and stop their spread
• All other noxious weeds are highly recommended for management, until at such time they become mandatory status