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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Rich County Notice on Noxious Weeds

GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS
Notice is hereby given this Thirteenth day of April 2018 pursuant to the Utah Noxious Weed Act, Section 7, to every person who owns or controls land in Rich County, Utah, that noxious weeds standing, being, or growing on such land shall be controlled and the spread of same prevented by effective cutting, tillage, cropping, pasturing, or treating with chemicals or other effective methods, or combination thereof, approved by the County Weed supervisor, as often as may be required to prevent the weed from blooming and maturing seeds, or spreading by root, root stalks or other means.

Upon failure to comply with this notice, the owner or person in possession of property upon which noxious weeds are present shall be deemed negligent and enforced control measures may be imposed at the discretion of county authorities. Expenses of control measures employed by the county shall be paid directly by the owner or person in possession of the property or shall constitute a lien on the property and become collectible by taxes.

The following are declared noxious weeds for the State of Utah and the county of Rich:


Common Crupina African Rue Small Bugloss
Mediterranean Sage Spring  Millet Syrian Beancaper North African Grass Plumeless Thistle Malta Thistle Camelthom
Garlic Mustard Purple Starthistle Goatsrue African Mustard Giant Reed Japanese Knotweed Vipers Bugloss Elongated Mustard
Common St. Johnswort Oxeye Daisy
Cutleaf Vipergrass Leafy Spurge Medusahead Rye Rush Skeletonweed Spotted Knapweed Purple Loosestrife Squarrose Knapweed

Dyers Woad Yellow Starthistle Yellow Toadflax Diffuse Knapweed Black Henbane Dalmation Toadflax Russian Knapweed Houndstounge
Perennial Pepperweed Phagmities
Tamarisk Hoary Cress Canada Thistle
Poison Hemlock Musk Thistle Quackgrass Jointed Goatgrass Bermudagrass
Perennial Sorghum Johnson Grass Scotch Thistle Field Bindweed Puncturevine Cogongrass
Myrtle Spurge Dame's Rocket Scotch Broom Russian Olive






Questions concerning this matter can be referred to Greg Peart, Weed Supervisor, at (435)-793- 5575.

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