Todd County General Notice to Control or Eradicate Noxious Weeds

TODD COUNTY GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL OR ERADICATE NOXIOUS WEEDS

Notice is hereby given this 9th day of May, 2016, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.83, Subdivision 1 (2009), that all persons in Todd County, Minnesota, shall control or eradicate all noxious weeds on land they occupy or are required to maintain (landowners must control noxious weeds on CRP lands. Please call the FSA Office for control requirements). Control or eradication may be accomplished by any lawful method, but the method(s) applied may need to be repeated in order to prevent the spread of viable noxious weed seeds and other propagating parts to other lands.  Failure to comply with the general notice may mean that an individual notice, Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.83, Subdivision 2 (2009), will be issued. An individual notice may be appealed within two working days of receipt to the appeal committee in the county where the land is located. Failure to comply with an individual notice may mean that the inspector having jurisdiction may either hire the work done or seek a misdemeanor charge against the person(s) who failed to comply. If the work is hired done by the inspector, the cost can be placed as a tax upon the land and collected as other real estate taxes are collected. You may obtain a list of the plants that are designated noxious and the members of the appeal committee from your County Agricultural Inspector. You can also obtain this information from your Local Weed Inspectors.  Local Weed Inspectors include the township supervisors, city mayors or their appointed assistants.  More information regarding the MN Noxious Weed Law and a list of County Agricultural Inspectors and County Designated Employees can be obtained from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Web Site: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/en/plants/pestmanagement/weedcontrol/cailist.... . The noxious weeds that need to be eradicated are: Yellow Starthistle, Grecian Foxglove, Oriental Bittersweet, Japanese Hops, Dalmatian Toadflax, Common Teasel, Cutleaf Teasel, Giant Hogweed, Brown Knapweed, Meadow Knapweed, Black Swallow-wort, and Palmer Amaranth. Controlled are:  Leafy Spurge, Canada Thistle, Plumeless Thistle, Purple Loosestrife, Wild Parsnip, Common Tansy, Spotted Knapweed, and Narrowleaf Bittercress.  Restricted Noxious Weeds are: Common or European Buckthorn, Glossy Buckthorn, Multiflora Rose, Common Reed, and Garlic Mustard. Specially Regulated Plants are: Poison Ivy, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Knotweed, and Japanese Barberry Cultivars. We appreciate your help in controlling and eradicating Noxious Weeds in Todd County.  

Nancy Uhlenkamp

Todd Co. Ditch and Ag 

Inspector 

Public Works, 44 Riverside Drive, Long Prairie, MN 56347. 320-533-4651 nancy.uhlenkamp@co.todd.mn.us 19pnc