• Assist landowners with noxious weed problems through plant identification, weed management recommendations, and development of vegetation management plans.
• Promote noxious weed education and awareness by way of community presentations, site visits, literature distribution, newspaper articles and maintenance of on-line information sources on the county Website.
• Manage noxious weeds on county property and roadside rights-of-way.
• Coordinate efforts with landowners, land management agencies and neighboring counties.
• Identify and contain, reduce or eradicate current weed infestations and reduce or eliminate weed seed production in certain species.
• Monitor for new infestations and new invasive species so as to prevent new encroachments on unincorporated lands in the County.

The Delta County Noxious Weed Program is administered by the Delta County Board of County Commissioners.  Funding sources include the Delta County General Fund, cooperative funding with public agencies, grants, and revenue producing contracts. Funding partners include North Fork Habitat Partnership, U.S. Forest Service, BLM, and the Uncompaghre Project. Over $100,000 has been received in grants since 2005.

Links:  

Delta County Noxious Weed Management Plan
Weed Information Resources
Troublesome Trees
Weed Control Fact Sheets

High Priority Weeds:  Eradication
Yellow Starthistle
Leafy Spurge
Spotted Knapweed
Myrtle Spurge
Purple Loosestrife
Yellow Toadflax
Diffuse Knapweed

Priority Weeds: Containment and Control
Canada Thistle
Russian Knapweed
Musk Thistle
Oxeye Daisy
Scotch Thistle
Hoary Cress or Whitetop
Goathead
Houndstongue

Poisonous Weeds
Death Camas
Western Whorled Milkweed
Additional Resources:    U.S. Department of Agriculture
                                    Colorado State University

NEPDES Permit
NEPDES Permit requirements
Examples of where permits are needed
Colorado Discharge Permit System Fact Sheet
EPA Definition of Waters of the United States
EPA Pesticide General Permit Fact Sheet