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AGENDA REQUEST AND STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of February 5, 2014
Please see directions on the next page for completing this document
DATE: January 10, 2013
FROM: Ed Keith Dept.: Administration Ph.: 541-322-7117
(Forestry)
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of Board Signature of order 2014-003,
Updating the Deschutes County Weed List
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? NO Has public notice been given? NIA
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Order No. 2014-003 Updates the Deschutes County Noxious Weed List (Exhibit A ofthe Order).
The Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board periodically reviews the Noxious Weed List and
recommends changes. The list was most recently approved by Order 2012-009. Under this Order,
the Board continues declare certain noxious weeds that are not allowed to reproduce within the
Deschutes County Weed Control District.
The Board appoints the Deschutes County Road Department Director as the County Weed Inspector
to carry out actions authorized and required under ORS 569.350 to 569.495. The Road Department
Director may also delegate his authority. A noxious weed list shall be published, describing the
District and naming weeds to be destroyed and prevented from reproducing within the District.
Enforcement shall generally follow the Enforcement Procedures (see attached Exhibit C).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Move approval of Order 2014-003
ATTENDANCE: Ed Keith
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENT: Copy to Ed Keith
January 9, 2014
To: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
From: Robert Marheine, Chair, Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board
Re: 2014 Noxious Weed List
Submitted for your approval is the 2014 Noxious Weed List. The Deschutes County Weed Board recommends that three
noxious weeds be added to the list. Two auqatic weeds were discovered in the County in 2013 which will be designated
as an “A” weeds, yellow floating heart and water primrose. Both of these weeds pose a high risk to our aquatic habitats
and we are working closely with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to find and eradicate infestations. We are also
adding reed canary grass as a “C” rated weed. Though fairly widespread reed canary grass poses great risk in riparian
areas where is crowds out other native vegetation that many species depend on to thrive. In addition to the three
additions we are also moving ribbon grass from a “C” rated weed to a “B” rated weed as we feel that fairly limited
distribution and the high risk of damage to riparian areas warrants this weed be increased in priority.
Weed Advisory Board
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Updating the Deschutes County *
Noxious Weed and Plant List. * ORDER NO. 2014-003
WHEREAS, pursuant to ORS 570.515 and Order No. 2002-037 the Board of County
Commissioners ("Board") declared Deschutes County a Weed Control District; and
WHEREAS, the Board has been and continues to be authorized to declare certain weeds and
plants noxious for the purposes of ORS 570.500 to 570.600 and now ORS 569.350 to 569.495; and
WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Weed Control Board recommended that the County's Weed
List be updated with additional weeds and other plants; and
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2014, the Board adopted Ordinance 2014-002 and that ordinance,
which incorporates this order, will be effective on February 5, 2014; now therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
HEREBY ORDERS as follows:
Section 1. The Deschutes County Weed List shall be as provided in Exhibit A, attached and
incorporated by reference herein.
Section 2. The Weed Inspector shall publish the Notice, marked Exhibit B, attached and
incorporated by reference herein, describing the District and naming the weeds and plants to be
destroyed and to be prevented from producing seed and/or spreading within the District. This Notice
shall be published in The Bulletin on February 9 and February 16,2014.
Section 3. The Weed Inspector is authorized and directed to enforce the provisions ofORS
569.350 to 569.495 immediately after the last publication and this Notice.
Section 4. Enforcement shall generally follow the Enforcement Procedure set forth on Exhibit
C, attached and incorporated by reference herein. I
Section 5. As of the effective date of Ordinance 2014-002, the Weed Inspector is authorized
and directed to enforce the provisions of Ordinance 2014-002. I
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Section 6. The noxious weed and plant list attached as Exhibit A becomes effective on
February 17,2014.
Dated this day of ______, 2014
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TAMMY BANEY, CHAIR
ANTHONY DEBONE, VICE-CHAIR
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary ALAN UNGER, COMMISSIONER
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DESCHUTES COUNTY WEED LIST
Deschutes County Weed Policy and Classification System
"NOXIOUS WEED" means any weed designated by the Deschutes County Board of County
Commissioners ("Board") that is injurious to public health, agriculture, range, recreation,
wildlife, or any public or private property; any weed that impacts and displaces desirable
vegetation, such as Threatened and Endangered Plant Species, wildlife habitat, and livestock.
It is acknowledged that certain noxious weeds have become so thoroughly established and are
spreading so rapidly on state, county, and federally owned lands, as well as on private and, that
they may have been declared by Oregon Revised Statue 570.505 to be a menace to public
welfare. Steps leading to eradication where possible are necessary. It is further recognized that
the responsibility for such eradication andlor intensive control rests not only on the private
landowner and operator, but also the county, state and federal government.
Noxious Weed Control Rating System
Noxious Weeds, for the purpose ofthis system, shall be designated "AI!, "B" or "C"
1. An "A" designated weed is: a priority noxious weed designated by the Deschutes Weed
Board as a target weed species on which the Weed Control District will comply with a
state wide management plan and/or implement a county wide plan for intensive control
and monitoring. An "A" rated weed may also be a weed of known economic or ecological
importance which occurs in small enough infestations to make eradication/containment
possible; or one that is not known to occur here, but its presence in neighboring counties
make future occurrence here seem imminent. Recommended Action: Infestations are
subject to intensive control when and where found.
2. A "B" designated weed is: a weed of economic importance, which is both locally
abundant and abundant in neighboring counties.
Recommended Action: Moderate control and or monitoring at the county level.
3. A "C" designated weed is: a weed that has the potential to cause harm to agriculture
production and transportation systems.
Recommended Action: Control and monitoring at the county level.
This list is available, upon request, to the public from the Deschutes County
WeedlVegetation Manager, 322-7135.
Page 1 of3 EXHIBIT A TO ORDER 2014-003
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"A" Rated Weeds:
Common Name
African Rue
Buffalobur +
Common Houndstongue
Dyer's Woad **
Eurasian Milfoil +
False Brome
Giant Cane (Giant Reed)
Hydrilla
Leafy Spurge +
Meadow Knapweed
Mediterranean Sage +
Medusahead Rye +
Musk Thistle **
Orange Hawkweed +
Perennial Pepperweed +
Purple Loosestrife +
Rush Skeletonweed
Russian Knapweed +
Saltcedar Tamarix +
Scotch Thistle +
Squarrose Knapweed
Sulfur Cinquefoil
Tansy Ragwort +
Ventenata +
Water Primrose
Whitetop; Hoary Cress +
Wild Carrot +
Yellow Floating Heart
Yellow Starthistle **
"B" Rated Weeds:
Common Name
Canada Thistle +
Dalmation Toadflax +
Diffuse Knapweed +
Kochia (Annual) +
Myrtle Spurge +
Poison Hemlock +
Puncturevine +
Ribbon Grass +
Scientific Name
Peganum hannala
Solanum rostratum
Cynoglossum officinale
Isatis tinctoria
Myriophyllum spicatum
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Arundo donax
Hydrilla verticillata
Euphorbia esula
Centaurea pratensis
Salvia aethiopis
Taeniatherum caputmedusae
Carduus nutans
Hieracium aurantiacum
Lepidium latifolium
Lythrum salicaria
Chondri11 a juncea
Acroptilon repens
Tamarix ramosissima
Onopordum acanthium
Centaurea virgata
Potentilla recta
Senecio jacobaea
Ventenata dubia
Ludwigia ssp.
Lepidium draba
Daucus carota
Nymphoides peltata
Centaurea solstitialis
Scientific Name
Cirsium arvense
Linaria dalmatica
Centaurea diffusa
Kochia scoparia
Euphorbia myrsinites
Conium maculatum
Tribulus terrestris
Phalaris arundinacea var. picta
Page 2 of3 -EXHIBIT A TO ORDER 2014-003
Common Name
Russian Thistle +
Scotch Broom
Spotted Knapweed +
Yellow Toadflax or "Butter and Eggs" +
Yellowflag Iris +
"C" Rated Weeds:
Common Name
Bull Thistle +
Bur Buttercup +
Cheat Grass (Downy Brome) +
Common Mullein +
Dodder +
Field Bindweed +
Filaree Redstem +
Horseweed+
Poverty Sumpweed +
Quackgrass +
Reed Canary Grass +
South American Waterweed +
Spiny Cocklebur +
St Johnswort +
Sweet Clover(S) -Only on Right of Ways +
Western Water-Hemlock'! +
+ Currently in the County
**All known populations have been treated
I Natives but Poisonous to Animals or Humans
Scientific Name
Salsola spp.
Cytisus scoparius
Centaurea biedersteinii
Linaria vulgaris
Iris pseudacorus
Scientific Name
Cirsium vulgare
Ranunculus testiculatus
Bromus tectorum
Verbascum thapsus
Cuscuta spp.
Convolvulus arvensis
Erodium cicutarium
Conyza canadensis
Iva axillaries
Agropyron rep ens
Phalaris arundinacea
Elodea densa
Xanthium spinosurn
Hypericum perforatum
Melilotus officinalis
Cicuta douglasii
Page 3 of3 -EXHIBIT A TO ORDER 2014-003
NOTICE
NOXIOUS WEED LIST
The Board of County Commissioners' of Deschutes County, Oregon ("Board") has
declared that Deschutes County, described in ORS 201.090, to be a Weed Control
District. The following described weeds are declared to be noxious weeds and plantst:
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African Rue
Buffalobur
Bull Thistle
Bur Buttercup
Canada Thistle
Cheat Grass (Downy Brome)
Common Houndstongue
Common Mullein
Dalmation T oadflax
Diffuse Knapweed
Dodder
Dyer's Woad
Eurasian Milfoil
False Brome
Field Bindweed
Filaree Redstem
Giant Cane (Giant Reed)
Horseweed
Hydrilla
Kochia (Annual)
Leafy Spurge
Meadow Knapweed
Mediterranean Sage
Medusahead Rye
Musk Thistle
Myrtle Spurge
Orange Hawkweed
Perennial Pepperweed
Poison Hemlock
Poverty Sumpweed
Puncturevine
Purple Loosestrife
Quackgrass
Reed Canary Grass
Ribbon Grass
Rush Skeletonweed
Scientific N arne
Peganum harmala
Solanum rostratum
Cirsium vulgare
Ranunculus testiculatus
Cirsium arvense
Bromus tectorum
Cynoglossum officinale
Verbascum thapsus
Linaria dalmatica
Centaurea diffusa
Cuscuta spp.
Isatis tinctoria
Myriophyllum spicatum
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Convolvulus arvensis
Erodium cicutarium
Arundo donax
Conyza Canadensis I
Hydrilla vertieillata
Koehia seoparia IEuphorbia esula
Centaurea pratensis l
Salvia aethiopis
Taeniatherum caputmedusae
Carduus nutans
Euphorbia myrsinites
Hieraeium aurantiaeum
Lepidium latifolium
Conium maculatum
Iva axillaries
Tribulus terrestris I
Lythrum saliearia i
Agropyron repens
Phalaris arundinaeea f
Phalaris arundinaeea var. pieta I
Chondrilla juneea r
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Page 1 of2 -Exhibit B to Order No. 2014-003
Common Name Scientific Name
Russian Knapweed Acroptilon repens
Russian Thistle Salsola spp.
Saltcedar Tamarix Tamarix ramosissima
Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius
Scotch Thistle Onopordum acanthium
South American Waterweed Elodea densa
Spiny Cocklebur Xanthium spinosum
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea biedersteinii
Squarrose Knapweed Centaurea virgata
St 10hnswort Hypericum perforatum
Sulfur Cinquefoil Potentilla recta
Sweet Clover(s) -Only on Right of Ways Melilotus officinalis
Tansy Ragwort Senecio jacobaea
Ventenata Ventenata dubia
Water Primrose Ludwigia ssp.
Western Water-Hemlock Cicuta douglasii
Whitetop; Hoary Cress Lepidium draba
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Yellow Floating Heart Nymphoides peltata
Yellow Starthistle Centaurea solstitialis
Yellow Toadflax Or Linaria vulgaris
Yellowflag Iris Iris pseudacorus
The Board appointed a County Weed Inspector who has the power to enforce ORS
569.350 to 569.495 including the right to enter upon land or premises and destroy
noxious weed or control them in such manner as will destroy all seeds of such noxious
weeds. The County Weed Inspector is authorized to place liens upon real property to
recoup the expenses (including the wages of the Weed inspector) necessarily incurred in
the destruction of noxious weeds.
Every person, firm or corporation owning or occupying land within Deschutes County
shall destroy or prevent the seeding on such land any noxious weeds within the meaning
ofORS 569.350 to 569.495 or declared to be noxious by the Board. No weed declared
noxious shall be permitted or allowed to produce seed and/or spread by the owner or
occupier of land within the Deschutes County Weed Control District.
Publication: THE BULLETIN, ,2014
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
Tammy Baney, Chair
Page 2 of 2 -Exhibit B to Order No. 2014-003