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County accepts two Department of Agriculture grants to fight noxious weeds
Summary
Box Elder County accepted two invasive-species mitigation grants — $16,650 for knapweed (contract 25-38) and $64,000 for rush skeleton weed (contract 25-39) — to support control and bio-control efforts.
County staff reported two Department of Agriculture grants to assist noxious-weed mitigation. The first grant is $16,650 for knapweed control (contract 25-38) for the 2025–26 budget year; the second is $64,000 for rush skeleton weed mitigation (contract 25-39) for 2025–26. Commissioners moved to approve both grant contracts and approved them by voice vote.
Staff noted the weeds are on the state noxious-weed list and are difficult and costly to control; the county has used grant funds to support fieldwork and biological-control collection efforts. Commissioners expressed support for grant-funded mitigation work.
Why it matters: noxious weeds like knapweed and rush skeleton weed can harm local rangeland, reduce productivity and increase control costs; grants reduce county costs for mitigation and enable coordinated treatments.
What’s next: staff will execute the grant contracts and proceed with mitigation and control activities during the 2025–26 program year.
