Weed Department

The Weed Department manages noxious weeds in Grand County by letting landowners know when they have state or county declared noxious weeds on their land. We work with other government agencies to manage noxious weeds on land administered by them. The Weed Department also manages vegetation on county right-of-ways and educates groups on noxious weeds.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What to do I do about the weeds in my neighbor's or my yard? Are they on the noxious weed list?

• If you live in the county and the weeds are a fire hazard call the Fire Department.
• If they are a noxious weed call the weed department and ask for information on control and your responsibility.
• If they are not noxious weeds and you would like information on control, call the weed department.
• If they are not a noxious weed, and you live in the city of Moab, call Moab City (435-259-5121).

2. When does the county help in ordering weevils to help control puncturevine (goatheads)?

They will be ordered in July with a newspaper article in late June talking about it and it will be placed on this site.

3. What weeds are on the state noxious weed list?

GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS
(Published in the Times Independent, Moab, Utah, 02/16/2000)

Notice is hereby given this 16th day of February, 2000 Pursuant to the Utah Noxious Weed Act, Section 7, to every person who owns or controls lands in Grand 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 methods, or combination 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 persons 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 Grand:

• Bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
• Bindweed (Wild morning-glory), Convolvulus .cpp.
• Broad-leaved Peppergrass (Tall Whitetop), Lepidium latjfolium L.
• Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
• Diffused Knapweed, Cent aurea d~ffusa Lam.
• Dyers Woad, Jsatis tinctoria L.
• Perennial Sorghum spp., including but not limited to Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.) and Sorghum
• lmum (Sorghum almum, Parodi).
• Leafy Spurge, Euphorbia esula L.
• Medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae
• Musk Thistle, Carduus nutans L.
• Quackgrass, Agropyron repen.c (L.) Beauv.
• Russian Knapweed, Centaurea repens L.
• Scotch Thistle (Cotton Thistle) Onopordium acanthium L.
• Spotted Knapweed, Centaurea maculosa Lam.
• Squarrose Knapweed, Centaurea squarrosa Roth
• Whitetop (Hoary Cress), Cardaria spp.
• Yellow Starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis L.
• Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria.
• Bermudagrass shall not be a noxious weed in Washington County and shall not be subject to provisions of the Utah Noxious Weed Act within the boundaries of the county.