Beaverhead County Weed District

Beaverhead County Weed District, a Montana county government entity based in Dillon, receives federal grant sub-awards for noxious weed control and land management on public and private lands across southwestern Montana. The District operates as a sub-recipient under Department of Agriculture Montana grants, performing integrated weed management including herbicide application, biocontrol, hand pulling, revegetation, and landowner education across multiple project areas.

Beaverhead County Weed District is a local government agency (not a for-profit contractor or consultant) and competes in grant sub-awards rather than federal contracts. Recent work spans three sub-awards issued in June 2025 by the Department of Agriculture Montana as prime grantee. The first covers control of 290 acres of noxious weeds with ground equipment, reseed of 4 acres, and coordination of weed pull events at Poindexter Slough and Blacktail Meadows fishing access sites. The second addresses 591 acres using ground and aerial equipment, 19 acres of reseed, and approximately ten spray days. The third focuses on 119 acres of control using ground equipment, hand pulling, mowing, and two spray days. All three sub-awards mandate mapping of weed infestations into EDDMapS West, monitoring with Department-approved systems, photo documentation, and landowner outreach.

Customer concentration is split between two resource agencies. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management each account for three awards. The District's award history spans two decades, with eleven total awards recorded since 2005, though recent activity concentrates in 2025 with three new sub-awards. The combined potential value across all awards is $15 thousand, though obligated dollars across the award portfolio total $968 thousand (substantially exceeding the potential-value figure, indicating that completed or in-progress grants have been fully funded and invoiced). Primary NAICS categories reflect the work: Landscaping Services dominates at four awards, with Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities, Natural Resources/Conservation Land Treatment Practices, and Pest Control Agents and Disinfectants rounding out the category profile.