Weld County Weed Division

Welcome to the Weed Division website. We hope you can easily find the answer you are looking for here. If not please call 970-304-6496 ext. 3770 to speak with someone from the Weed Division.

The following is a brief list of services and program details.

1. Our landowner education and compliance area has four seasonal staff who:

• Work with landowners to identify noxious weeds
• Develop management plans
• Offer cost-share money
• Low cost rent of 4, 25-gallon sprayers and calibration assistance
• Enforce the Weld County Code Chapter 15. This Code requires certain noxious weeds to be eradicated or controlled. These noxious weeds must not be allowed to go to seed or impact neighbors. The links on the left side detail which noxious weeds fall into these categories.

2. The roadside spraying operation utilizes four specialized spray trucks designed for roadside spraying in the County’s right-of-way. Weld County is divided into 8 regions and each truck is assigned two areas. When the trucks are spraying the operators are only targeting specific noxious weeds. Some species are not on our list, these include: sunflower, cocklebur, punturevine, kochia and Russian thistle. Most roads are covered twice in a season. The Northern grasslands are only covered once during the summer. The typical season starts in April and ends in October.

3. The roadside mowing focuses on the paved roadsides and our gravel mines as needed. Each paved road is mowed twice a year. Annually, the two mowing tractors cover approximately 2500 lane miles in Weld County. The boom mower truck targets intersections and bridges all over the County to aid in visibility and safety.

4. Individualized seed mixes are developed for erosion control and bank stabilization after construction projects are completed. Reclamation is also carried out at our mining facilities as needed.