When second grader Maggie Carosino noticed a strange plant in in the shallow water of her neighborhood lake last fall, she gave the lake a fighting chance. By notifying state and county officials, Maggie and her mother, Reagan, allowed noxious… Read More ›
If you missed Part 1 you can check it out here. We often get the question, “so if dandelions and hairy bittercress aren’t noxious weeds – what is?” Noxious weeds aren’t just a nuisance in yards and gardens. These are… Read More ›
When people first hear about our work at the Noxious Weed Control Program they sometimes assume we have it out for all weeds (or even all non-native plants). Nothing could be further from the case! The fact is only a… Read More ›
The 2021 King County Noxious Weed List, adopted by the Noxious Weed Board at its January meeting, gained two new species and a number of plant name changes. The first addition to the list is a new Class A noxious… Read More ›
In mid-November 2020, a highly observant second grader and her parent reported seeing Egeria densa in Duvall’s Lake Rasmussen. Egeria, also called Brazilian elodea, is a densely growing underwater plant native to Brazil and Argentina that was accidentally introduced to… Read More ›
To protect people and the environment from harmful plants, the King County Noxious Weed Board will be adopting the 2021 noxious weed list at a public meeting on January 27 in order to set the priority level of noxious weeds… Read More ›
Crossposted from the King County Downstream blog, originally posted on September 25, 2020. By Gavin Tiemeyer. What does it take to be a Noxious Weed Control Specialist with King County? Prior to the pandemic and public health social distancing measures,… Read More ›
As if 2020 wasn’t hard enough, tansy ragwort is exploding this year! Noxious weed specialists who have worked on it for a decade or more think it is one of the worst years they’ve seen. Is it just the bad… Read More ›
The story behind this month’s noxious weed is sadly ironic. First introduced from the Middle East to Utah in 1891 as a possible forage plant, it soon became evident that it contained a poisonous alkaloid making it toxic to livestock… Read More ›
Even though much of King County has been paused under Governor Inslee’s Stay Home/Stay Healthy order, the weeds aren’t cooperating. Staying home has provided some benefits to our natural environment. You may have heard the uplifting stories about some of… Read More ›
