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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
Dalmatian 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 budget an amount equal to the revenue that could be raised by a levy of three mills 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 weed control needs and provides a cost-share opportunity to county and city weed boards to meet those needs. TAG proposals describe a noxious weed problem within the county or city weed board’s jurisdiction and proposes a management strategy.

The North Dakota Weed Seed Free Forage Program is a voluntary program in which producers may choose to have forage acreage inspected in order to use or sell forage as certified weed seed free forage or mulch. The forage acreage must be inspected no more than 10 days before harvest and meet standards set forth by the North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA). Noxious weeds actively producing viable seed cannot be present in certified forage. The goal of this program is to mitigate the risk of spreading NAWMA and North Dakota noxious weeds by recreationalists and other land users.

Currently, North Dakota’s State Parks, National Parks, as well as U.S. Forest Service lands, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Military Reservations, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife lands all require the use of certified forage.  In addition, certified mulch may be required in bid contracts for projects such as road building and maintenance, erosion control, wind tower construction sites and pipeline projects.

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.

Noxious Weed Annual Survey Reports

Noxious Weed Current Year Survey Reporting Form

2010 Agriculture Commissioner's Weed Forum

Noxious Weeds List Serve

Noxious Weed Newsletters

2003-2007 Noxious Weed Survey - Reported Acres

North Dakota Weed Control Association

NDSU Weed Control Guide/NDSU Invasive Weeds Website

Invasive Species Web-Based Manual

ND Noxious Weed Law Enforcement Procedures

For more information, contact:

	Judy Carlson, Director North Dakota Department of Agriculture Plant Industries Division 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