ANY CLASS A WEED COST SHARE

Most Class A weeds in our county are found as single plants that have been introduced in a garden or landscape setting after growing from a contaminated seed packet or seed in a bird feeder or manure brought in from elsewhere.  These types of "once in a blue moon" finds are easily dealt with through hand pulling or digging and disposing of the plant and all seed pods or flower heads in a secured bag or burn barrel.  Examples of these types of weeds in our county are Bighead knapweed, Velvetleaf and Buffalobur.

There are a few exceptions to the single plant finds, however.  The plants shown above are the two types of Salvia species (Clary sage and Meadow clary) we've found in the county.  These weeds qualify for high priority cost share.  To date, our cost share on Class A weeds has been for the Weed Board to cover all costs of control, including using staff to inventory the sites and do the control work.  We anticipate this type of cost share for 2011 unless a very large infestation of a Class A weed is brought to our attention that would severely tap our resources.  Each site will be evaluated for the type and extent of control measures required.