Carbon County Weed And Pest

Carbon County Weed And Pest, doing business as the Carbon County Weed And Pest Control District, is a Wyoming county government entity that specializes in weed control, invasive species management, and wildfire risk reduction services across federal and local lands in Carbon County and the broader region. As a local government agency registered in SAM.gov since April 2005, the entity serves as a critical partner to multiple federal agencies in addressing invasive plant threats and maintaining ecosystem health on public lands throughout Wyoming. The organization leverages its local expertise and established partnerships to implement landscape-scale vegetation management projects that enhance ecological resilience while reducing wildfire hazards in proximity to infrastructure and values at risk.

Carbon County Weed And Pest has received federal contract awards focused on specialized weed control services for federal land stewards. Most notably, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a five-year, firm fixed price purchase order contract valued at $105,000 on April 14, 2021, for weed control services on Reclamation-managed lands within Carbon County, Wyoming. This sole source award, which carried an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2024, was justified based on the entity's unique qualifications as a local government agency to perform the work. The contract supported the Bureau's mission to protect its owned lands from noxious and invasive weeds, with particular emphasis on approximately 100,000 acres identified within Fremont County requiring treatment for invasive weed prevention.

Carbon County Weed And Pest has been awarded multiple substantial federal grants from several agencies supporting its invasive species management and fuels treatment initiatives across Wyoming. The organization received four recent cooperative agreements from the Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority program (CFDA 15.015), totaling approximately $416,000, with award dates ranging from October 2023 through October 2025 and performance periods extending through 2028-2030. These awards support invasive species identification, treatment, and monitoring on BLM-managed lands, with particular focus on cheatgrass management in the Rawlins Field Office and surrounding areas. Additionally, the U.S. Forest Service awarded a $119,999.34 project grant under its Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) in September 2025 to expand the Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems Monitoring Network across twelve Wyoming counties, focusing on early detection and rapid response initiatives for invasive annual grasses such as ventenata and medusahead. The Bureau of Reclamation also awarded a project grant in April 2024 for noxious and invasive plant treatments across approximately 100,000 acres in Fremont County. Furthermore, the Forest Service's Region 2 Rocky Mountain Region has funded multiple cooperative agreements totaling over $300,000 combined for noxious and invasive weed treatments within the Brush Creek/Hayden and Laramie Ranger Districts, including post-wildfire rehabilitation efforts following the Mullen Fire. The entity also serves as a sub-awardee under the Game & Fish Commission Wyoming for aerial sagebrush seeding work related to the House Draw Fire rehabilitation effort.