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• Job opening for a full time noxious weed control specialist

  By kcweeds on January 23, 2018

  

  King County is accepting applications until February 11, 2018 to fill an opening for a Noxious Weed Control Specialist II. This is a full-time equivalent, year-round, benefit-eligible position. See the King County Jobs website for complete information and application instructions (search… Read More ›

• King County’s 2018 Noxious Weed List to be set at January 24 Weed Board Meeting

  By kcweeds on January 18, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  The public is invited to join the King County Noxious Weed Control Board for King County’s annual weed list hearing, where the Board will hear public comments, review proposed weed list changes, and set the official 2018 King County Noxious… Read More ›

• Collect invasive ivy samples for science!

  By kcweeds on November 9, 2017

  

  Got ivy? The Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board wants some! Or, rather, they would like to get samples from ivy populations that are growing wild in Washington. To help figure out which varieties of ivy are escaping cultivation and… Read More ›

• Butterfly Bush – October 2017 Weed of the Month

  By kcweeds on October 29, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  Late fall is a great time to trim butterfly bush plants before the seeds fly away. Seeds can move 40 miles away on the wind and take root everywhere from roadsides to pristine rivers. The blooms have mostly lost their… Read More ›

• King County Noxious Weed Program Launches Web Pages in Four Languages!

  By theweedsbeat on October 29, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Want to learn more about noxious weeds in Spanish—or know someone who does? How about Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, or Somali? Well now, King County’s Noxious Weed Control Program has made a start to offer just that. This week, the program launched… Read More ›

• Join Us at Green Seattle Day!

  By theweedsbeat on October 26, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Fall is a great time to plant trees in the Pacific Northwest and there are so many great tree planting opportunities this time of year. In Seattle, on November 4 from 9am-noon, the Green Seattle Partnership will host Green Seattle… Read More ›

• Give weeds the brush off!

  By kcweeds on October 16, 2017

  

  Weed control is hard work so it makes sense to look for ways to do less of it. Preventing weeds from moving to new places is one of the easiest things we can all do to reduce the need for… Read More ›

• Big changes proposed for 2018 Washington State Noxious Weed List

  By theweedsbeat on October 12, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  The Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board is considering several significant changes for next year’s state noxious weed list. These include adding small-flowered jewelweed (Impatiens parviflora) and European coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) as Class A and B noxious weeds, respectively—additions originally proposed… Read More ›

• Buffalobur – September 2017 Weed of the Month

  By theweedsbeat on September 14, 2017

  

  Native to Mexico and the Midwestern United States, buffalobur (Solanum rostratum) is an annoying—and painful—regulated Class C noxious weed in King County. While we’re just a truck ride from its native range, this plant has effectively spread all over the… Read More ›

• Free class on noxious weed identification and control offered on October 30

  By kcweeds on September 14, 2017

  

  It might look like the weeds won this year, but you can start gearing up for next year by attending a free class on noxious weeds and invasive plants being offered by the King County Noxious Weed Control Program. It is… Read More ›

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