COOPERATIVE WEED MANAGEMENT

The DVCD continues to develop a cooperative weed management area in West Central Lyon County. This year the district received funding from the Nevada Department of Agriculture, CWSD, CTWCD and the WNRC&D to continue the districts weed control program.
The weed control program involves the identification and prioritization of specific noxious weeds to control. In order to carry this out the district relies on assistance from local private landowners for help with identification, location and herbicide application in controlling noxious weeds within the area. Along with controlling weeds the district has also been utilizing a GPS unit to map the known locations of noxious weeds in the area so that this information can be tracked on annual basis and submitted to NRCS for incorporation into the Nevada State Weed Map. This year the cooperative weed management area had assistance from over 15 different private landowners in spraying and mapping approximately 400 acres of noxious weeds. For more information on this cooperative weed management effort please contact the DVCD office at (775) 883-3525.
Since 2006-2008, the DVCD has also used money from the BOR Grant. This money has been used for purchasing weed abatement equipment and for hiring out crews for weed spraying.
State land dollars will be used on the Q1 Round V Rolling A property, to rehabilitate 350 acres of floodplain with native vegetation, and eradicating noxious weeds in 400 acres.