2022

General Notice to Destroy Weeds

Cogon Grass Noxious Weed Order -6/14/2022

• See All Invasive Species of Idaho
• Noxious Weed Handbook
• Idaho Noxious Weed Code
• Idaho Association of Weed Control Superintendents
• Idaho Weed Control Association
• Utah-Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area
• Bureau of Land Management Weed Management
• University of Idaho
• Idaho Statutes, Title 22, Chapter 24 – Noxious Weeds
• Idaho State Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Program
• Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
• Idaho OnePlan
• Noxious Weed Free Forage and Straw

Landowner Responsibilities

1. Control Noxious Weeds on their land and property.
2. Responsible for the Cost of Controlling Noxious Weeds on their land and property.
3. Noxious Weed Control is for prevention, eradication, rehabilitation, control or containment. Adjustments can be made if the landowner is a participant in a County-approved weed management plan or County-approved cooperative weed management area.
4. Responsible to reimburse the County for work done due to failure to comply with a 5-Day Notice.
5. Any articles on the premises shall not be moved until treated for Noxious Weed infestations.

County Responsibilities

1. Establish and maintain a program for Noxious Weed Control in the County.
2. Employ a County Weed Superintendent qualified to detect and treat noxious weeds.
3. Provide operational and educational funds for the County Weed Superintendent.
4. Designate or participate in cooperative weed management areas.
5. Publish a general notice for control of noxious weeds in a County-wide newspaper between March 1 and April 30 containing the list of Noxious Weeds.
6. Issue individual notices to the landowner and the land operator (if possible) listing specific Noxious Weeds found and instructions for control.
7. Recommend treatment plans to landowners and assist with strategies for control.
8. Initiate control procedures if the landowner does not comply with an individual notice and inform the landowner of the cost incurred for control. If the landowner does not pay the incurred costs, additional legal procedures may be pursued.

Effective Noxious Weed Control requires a County-wide effort.  In some circumstances, we can allow the land-owner / occupier to take over the responsibility of limited sections of road-front ground to maintain that weed control.

If, at any time, it appears that effective control of noxious weeds is not being maintained by the land-owner / occupier, Bannock County may step in to apply appropriate weed control at the land-owner’s / occupier’s expense.

If you wish to be responsible for the weed control on your roadside property, please download and print the form below.  Bring your completed form to the Bannock County Noxious Weed Control office at 1500 North Fort Hall Mine Road, Pocatello, Idaho for review.

Landowner Request to Refrain from Roadside Herbicide Applications (PDF)

Common name: Black Henbane, Scientific name: Hyoscyamus niger

Common name: Buffalobur, Scientific name: Solanum rostratum

Common name: Common Crupina, Scientific name: Crupina vulgaris

Common name: Dyer’s Woad, Scientific name: Isatis Tinctoria

Common name: Johnsongrass, Scientific name: Sorghum halepense

Common name: Musk Thistle, Scientific name: Carduus nutans

Common name: Russian Knapweed, Scientific name: Acroptilon repens

Common name: Scotch Broom, Scientific name: Cytisus scoparius

Common name: Canada Thistle, Scientific name: Cirsium arvense

Common name: Dalmatian Toadflax, Scientific name: Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica

Common name: Diffuse Knapweed, Scientific name: Centaurea diffusa

Common name: Field Bindweed/Morning Glory, Scientific name: Convolvulus arvensis

Common name: Houndstongue, Scientific name: Cynoglossum officinale

Common name: Jointed Goatgrass, Scientific name: Aegilpos cylindrica

Common name: Leafy Spurge, Scientific name: Euphorbia esula

Common name: Oxeye Daisy, Scientific name: Leucanthemum vulgare

Common name: Poison Hemlock, Scientific name: Conium maculatum

Common name: Puncturevine, Scientific name: Tribulus terrestris

Common name: Saltcedar, Scientific name: Tamarix sp

Common name: Scotch Thistle, Scientific name: Onopordum acanthium

Common name: Spotted Knapweed, Scientific name: Centaurea stoebe

Common name: Tansy Ragwort, Scientific name: Senecio jacobaea

Common name: White Bryony, Scientific name: Bryonia alba

Common name: Whitetop, Scientific name: Cardaria draba

Common name: Yellow Flag Iris, Scientific name: Iris psudocorus

Common name: Yellow Starthistle, Scientific name: Centaurea solstitialis

Common name: Yellow Toadflax, Scientific name: Linaria vulgaris