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2 <br /> <br />Weed Control Progress Report November 6, 2023 <br /> <br />Period from to October 9 to November 6, 2023 submitted by Stan Wolf <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> <br />Landowner Assistance Program: The Landowner Assistance Program <br />provides for a cost share reimbursement to landowners for the control of noxious <br />weeds. Ten landowners have sent in applications. A total of 644.5 acres were <br />sprayed. The total cost of reimbursements comes to $8130.19. <br /> <br />Proposed Motion: Move to approve payments for Landowner Assistance <br />Program payments to the ten applicants in the amount of $8130.19. <br /> <br />Spotted Hemlock: Spotted hemlock has been identified and growing in Cass <br />County for several years. Spotted hemlock is highly poisonous in all parts of the <br />plant and can kill animals and people. Spotted hemlock grows along the edge of <br />cattails in ditches, drains, and sloughs. Spotted hemlock was identified in a <br />water course behind a rural residential housing development. It has been <br />suggested that Spotted hemlock be placed on the county noxious weed list <br />alongside the state noxious weed list. The qualifications for a weed to be placed <br />on the county weed list are, a) invasive, b) hard to control, c) injurious to land, <br />livestock, crops, public health, other property, d) county extension approval, e) <br />ND Ag Commissioner approval. Presently approximately 80 acres of ditches, <br />drains, and cattail soughs are infested. There is concern that Spotted hemlock <br />will expand into additional drains and ditches, especially areas that carry the <br />outflow of drain tile. <br /> <br />Proposed Motion: Move to add Spotted hemlock to the Cass County noxious <br />weed list. <br /> <br />NDWCA Conference: The North Dakota Weed Control Conference will hold its <br />annual meeting and conference on January 2-5, 2004, at the Bismarck Hotel and <br />Conference Center, Bismarck, ND. The NDDA will conduct its annual <br />Commissioner’s Weed Forum on January 3 prior to the NDWCA’s annual <br />meeting. A representative from every county weed board is required to attend <br />the Commissioner’s Weed Forum. <br /> <br />Proposed motion: Move to approve registration, travel, and motel expenses to <br />attend Ag Commissioners Weed Forum and NDWCA conference for weed officer <br />and board members. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />