Noxious Weed Education  County
Noxious Weed Control programs are responsible for identifying and working
with landowners in controlling noxious weeds within their counties. Currently,
a State Weed List
is designated by the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board.
Each County Weed Board has the flexibility to address local weed control priorities.
Developing annual county lists from the State Class A and B designates and then
choosing from the rest of the State B & C lists can most effectively target
weed invasions on a local level. By controlling noxious
weeds landowners protect life and health, improve habitat for fish and wildlife,
maintain native plant communities and minimize the impacts to agriculture production.
All state listed noxious weeds are non-native plants that have been introduced
to Washington through human actions. County field
staff are available for community education programs and consultations with land
owners to discuss weed management options including measures to prevent the establishment
of noxious weeds on their own property.
The link to
Mason County 2008 Weed List is here. list
of weeds
Port of Shelton Autumn Festival
Contact your
County Weed Board Office for more information: In
Mason County contact:
WSU/Mason County Extension Office in Shelton
Patricia Grover, Coodinator
11840
N. Hwy. 101
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 427-9670 ext 592 In
Grays Harbor County Contact
Noxious Weed Control Board
Nancy
Ness, Coordinator
Located in Elma at Grays Harbor County Agricultural
Center,
32 Elma-McCleary Rd
Mail address: P.O. Box R,
Elma, WA 98541
(360) 482-2265
References
Related to Weed Management Books:
Northwest Weeds, Ronald
J. Taylor, Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana 1990 Plants
of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Jim Pojar and Andy Mackinnon, Lone Pine Publishing,
Redmond, WA 1994 Weeds of the West, Tom Whitson, et.al.,
The Western Society of Weed Sciences, University of Wyoming, 1992 Winter
in the Woods: A Winter Guide to Deciduous Native Plants in Western Washington,
Erica Guttman and Rod Thurman, NPSP WSU Extension-Thurston County, 1999.
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