Enhance and increase the weed control work being done in the counties of utah

The Utah Weed Supervisors Association received a $280,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), awarded August 19, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. This five-year grant supports enhanced weed control operations across Utah counties through comprehensive invasive plant management activities, including inventory and treatment of weed populations, data collection and maintenance on weeds and their locations, and monitoring of treatment outcomes.

The grant enables the Association to provide educational opportunities to county weed supervisors and their communities regarding invasive plant species management. By expanding the scope and capacity of weed control work that would otherwise remain incomplete, this funding supports the Forest Health Protection program's objective to protect non-federal forest resources from damaging invasive plants through detection, monitoring, prevention, and suppression treatments across Utah's diverse forest ecosystems.

IT will allow for the inventory, treatment, and monitoring of weed populations that would otherwise not be completed. IT will make possible the continued collection and maintenance of data regarding weeds, locations, treatments, monitoring and outcomes. The project will provide opportunities for weed education to county weed supervisors and their communities.