Project to enhance and increase the weed control work being done in the counties of utah

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded The Utah Weed Supervisors Association a $280,000 Project Grant on August 21, 2026, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to enhance weed control work across Utah counties.

The grant funds inventory, treatment, and monitoring of weed populations that would not otherwise be completed, along with continued collection and maintenance of data on weeds, their locations, treatments, and monitoring outcomes. The project also provides weed education opportunities for county weed supervisors and their communities. Performance occurs in Utah through July 31, 2031.

The Utah Weed Supervisors Association is a nonprofit organization based in Nephi, Utah, that specializes in managing invasive plant species in Utah's forest ecosystems. The Forest Health Protection program supports State Foresters, state plant regulatory officials, subdivisions of states, agencies, institutions, and nonprofit organizations in protecting and managing non-Federal forest and tree resources from damaging forest insects, disease, and invasive plants.

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.