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North Dakota’s Noxious Weed Law requires individuals to control noxious weeds on land they own or control. The Noxious Weed Team coordinates the efforts of county and city weed boards and state and federal land managers to implement integrated weed management programs. Currently, there are weed boards in all of North Dakota’s 53 counties, and in 6 cities (Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Mandan).

North Dakota’s noxious weed list includes:

Absinth wormwood
Canada thistle
Diffuse knapweed
Field bindweed
Leafy spurge
Musk thistle
Purple loosestrife
Russian knapweed
Spotted knapweed
Yellow starthistle
Dalmation toadflax
Saltcedar.

County and city weed boards may develop and compile their own list of noxious weeds, provided the list includes all weeds determined to be noxious by the North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. Click here to see the county and city noxious weed lists.

The Noxious Weed Team distributes funding through two programs, TAG and LAP.  These funds are available to weed boards and landowners for controlling weeds on the state and county weed lists.

The Landowner Assistance Program (LAP) provides weed boards with cost-share assistance for noxious weed control. Weed boards must levy at least 3 mills for noxious weed control or eradication to be eligible to receive LAP funds. Historically a majority of weed boards have provided landowners with herbicide cost-share assistance with these funds. Eligible county and city weed boards are responsible for developing a LAP cost-share program for their areas.

The Targeted Assistance Grant (TAG) Program targets noxious and invasive weed control needs and provides a cost-share opportunity to county and city weed boards to meet those needs. TAG proposals describe a noxious or invasive weed problem within the county or city weed board’s jurisdiction and proposes a management strategy.

Counties in North Dakota participating in theWeed Seed Free Forage Program may inspect and certify forage before it is harvested, along with inspecting gravel, scoria, or sand surface mining operations, to verify that there are no propagative plant parts of noxious weeds present. The goal is to reduce the spread of North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA)and North Dakota State and County listed noxious weeds on federal, state and other lands where forage, gravel, scoria, or sand is used.

Public lands in North Dakota as well as other Western states, have requirements for the use of forage and other products, which are inspected and certified to be free of designated weeds and invasive plants. North Dakota State Parks and National Parks, as well as lands of U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Military Reservations, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife lands all require the use of certified weed seed free forage. The program helps prevent the introduction and spread of noxious and invasive weeds through forage used by horse riders and packers among others.

Recently, the department created the ND Hub Explorer Weed Mapper. The ND Hub Explorer Weed Mapper allows you to track and view weeds over time to successfully see progress of weed control over several years. Users visiting the website can create and print their own weed maps by selecting the years of the weed data and weed species they would like to display and the transportation, water, geopolitical, imagery, etc. layers they would like on the map.

County and city weed boards are able to upload, share and manage their locational weed data using NDDA’s Noxious Weed Online Database. Weed locations that are uploaded are displayed using the ND Hub Explorer Weed Mapper.

2008 Agriculture Commissioner's Weed Forum Agenda

Noxious Weeds List Serve

Noxious Weed Newsletters

2003-2007 Noxious Weed Survey - Reported Acres

North Dakota Weed Control Association

2007 NDSU Weed Control Guide/NDSU Invasive Weeds Website

Invasive Species Web-Based Manual

ND Noxious Weed Law Enforcement Procedures

For more information, contact:

	Ken Junkert, Program Manager North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave, Dept 602 Bismarck, ND  58505-0020 Phone:  (701) 328-4756 Email:  kjunkert@nd.gov
	Judy Carlson, Program Coordinator North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave, Dept 602 Bismarck, ND  58505-0020 Phone: (701) 328-4997 E-mail: jcarlson@nd.gov
	Jim Hansen, GIS/GPS Specialist North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave, Dept 602 Bismarck, ND  58505-0020 Phone:  (701) 328-2330 Email:  jimhansen@nd.gov
	Rachel Seifert-Spilde, Noxious Weed Specialist North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave, Dept 602 Bismarck, ND  58505-0020 Phone:  (701) 328-2983 Email:  rseifert@nd.gov
	Blake Schaan, Noxious Weed Specialist North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave, Dept 602 Bismarck, ND  58505-0020 Phone:  (701) 328-2250 Email:  blakeschaan@nd.gov