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Weber County honors weed board; members highlight phragmites work and grant funding
Summary
The Weber County Commission on March 24 recognized the county Weed Board with an Outstanding Weed Board award and heard that partnerships and grant work have produced more than $300,000 for noxious-weed management over seven years and development of plans that could access roughly $1.7 million for phragmites treatment in the Weber drainage.
Weber County commissioners presented an Outstanding Weed Board award March 24 and heard updates on noxious-weed outreach, training and funding.
Bren Edwards, chair of the county Weed Board, accepted the award and credited staff and partners for operational work. "A lot of it goes to Bart and Riley and Stacy ... they're the ones that are the boots on the ground every day," Edwards said. Edwards and Bart Cragan, the county weed supervisor, described partnerships with Utah State Extension, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, the soil conservation district and UDOT, and highlighted outreach improvements including an interactive website and drone treatment pilots.
The nut graf: Board members reported securing more than $300,000 in grants over the last seven years for noxious-weed management and noted an ongoing emphasis on treating phragmites; Edwards said Parker (UDAF representative via the soil conservation district) indicated roughly $1.7 million in potential funding in the Weber drainage targeted at phragmites work.
Commissioners praised the board’s outreach and training efforts, and the county accepted the Weed Board’s recommendation to pursue targeted treatments and licensing training to expand applicator capacity. The award and updates underline a multi-agency approach the county says will improve weed management across jurisdictional boundaries.
County staff and the board said they will continue organizing the annual Weber County pesticide and weed workshop and will coordinate training to license more applicators through the state program this summer.
