The Prairie County Weed District provides landowners
with assistance in controlling noxious weeds on
rangeland. The long term goal of the Prairie County Weed
District is to achieve a level of noxious weed control
where threats of noxious weeds and their spread are
diminished, and a level at which all individual
landowners control their weeds on an individual basis.
Staff:
Weed Coordinator- Raymond J. Dolatta
Weed Spray Applicator- Travis Lacquement
Weed Board Members:
Harold Gaub, Chairman
Brian Morast
Lon Reukauf
Sharla Sackman, Secretary
Cost-Share Program
The Prairie County Weed Board offers a cost-share of up
to $300 per individual for those producers who are
actively involved in controlling priority noxious weeds
on their rangeland. Weeds eligible for cost-share
control are: leafy spurge, Russian knapweed, spotted
knapweed, diffuse knapweed, Canada thistle, whitetop,
St. Johnswort, dyers woad, common crupina, sulfur
cinquefoil, yellow starthistle, Dalmatian toadflax, and
rush skeletonweed.
If a producer hires the county weed crew to spray
noxious weeds, the Weed Board will share 35% of the
total spray bill. The crew’s rate is $45/hour plus
chemical costs.
For those producers who do their own noxious weed
spraying, the cost-share is 60% of the chemical cost.
The producer must keep the chemical receipt and fill out
a Request for Cost-Share form (link these words to the
form) to be eligible for the cost-share.
Request
For Cost Share
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