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Home My WebLink AboutRes 032 - Update Weed ListDeschutes County Board of County Commissioner 1300 NW Wall St., Ste 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 Fax (541) 385-3202 www.deschutes.org AGENDA REQUEST AND STAFF REPORT For Board Business Meeting of April 29, 2015 Please see directions on the next page for completing this document DATE: April 14, 2015 FROM: Ed Keith ~:Administration Ph.: 541-322-7117 (Forestry) TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of Board Signature of Resolution No. 2015 032, Updating the Deschutes County Weed List PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? NO Has public notice been given? NtA BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Resolution 2015-032 updates the Deschutes County Noxious Weed List (Exhibit A of the Order). The Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board periodically reviews the Noxious Weed List and recommends to the Board of County Commissioners ("Board") changes to the list. The list was most recently approved by Order 2014-003. Under DCC 8.35.030, the Board is authorized to declare certain noxious weeds that are not allowed to reproduce within the Deschutes County Weed Control District. A noxious weed list will be published on May 8,2015 describing the District and naming weeds to be destroyed and prevented from reproducing within the District. Enforcement shall follow the procedures outlined in DCC Chapter 8.35. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED: Move approval of Resolution No. 2015-032 ATTENDANCE: Ed Keith DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENT: Copy to Ed Keith Weed Advisory Board 61150 SE 2ih Street. Bend, Oregon 97702 541-322-7117 • Fax 541-388-2719 April 14, 2015 To: Deschutes County Board of Commissioners From: Spring Alaska Olson, Chair, Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board Re: 2015 Noxious Weed List Submitted for your approval is the 2015 Noxious Weed List. The Deschutes County Weed Board recommends that one noxious weed be added to the list. Hoary allysum was declared an A rated weed by the Oregon Noxious Weed Board and was discovered in the County in 2014. The Noxious Weed Advisory Board recommends this plant, which is invasive and toxic to livestock, be designated as an "A" weed. We are also recommending that the listing for yellow floating heart be expanded from one species (Nymphoides peltata) to the entire genus (Nymphoides spp.) which also mirrors a recent change by the Oregon Noxious Weed Board. Differentiating between the species of the Nymphoides family is very difficult and all Nymphoides are considered highly invasive with negative effects to the aquatic environment. Finally, the species name for spotted knapweed is corrected to reflect a change in the taxonomic name. Resolution No. 2015-032 adopts the revised Deschutes County Weed list. REVIEWED LEGAL COUNSEL For Recording Stamp Only BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON A Resolution Updating the Deschutes * County Noxious Weed and Plant List. * RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 WHEREAS, pursuant to Deschutes County Code ("DCC") 8.35.030, the Board of County Commissioners is authorized to declare certain weeds and plants noxious for the purposes of DCC Chapter 8.35 and 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; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, 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 May 8, 2015. Section 3. The Weed Inspector is authorized and directed to enforce the provisions ofDCC Chapter 8.35 and ORS 569.350 to 569.495 regarding the list in Exhibit A immediately after the publication and this Notice. "' Page 1 of2 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 Section 4. The noxious weed and plant list attached as Exhibit A becomes effective on May 8, 2015. Dated this __dayof ______, 2015 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ANTHONY DEBONE, CHAIR ATTEST: ALAN UNGER, VICE-CHAIR Recording Secretary TAMMY BANEY, COMMISSIONER Page 2 of2 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 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, 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 private, state, county, and federally owned lands that they may have been declared by Oregon Revised Statue 569.350 to be a menace to public welfare. Steps leading to eradication where possible, and intensive control are necessary. It is further recognized that the responsibility for such eradication and 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 of this system, shall be designated "A", "B" or "c" 1. An "A" designated weed is the highest priority noxious weed designated by the Deschutes Weed Board as a target weed species. 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 or containment possible; or one that is not known to occur here, but its presence in neighboring counties make future occurrence here seem imminent. Action: Infestations are subject to intensive eradication, containment or control when and where found. 2. A "B" designated weed is a weed of economic importance or which is limited in distribution in the County. Intensive control will occur at the County level as resources and situations allow. Action: Intensive control, containment and monitoring. 3. A "C" designated weed is a weed that has the potential to cause economic or ecological harm to agriculture, recreation, wildlife and transportation systems and is locally abundant. Action: Control and monitoring by the landowner is recommended. This list is available on the web at www.deschutes.orglweeds or by contacting the Deschutes County WeedlVegetation Manager, 541-322-7135 or 541-322-7117. Page 1 of3 -EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 "A" Rated Weeds: Common Name African Rue Buffalobur + Common Houndstongue Dyer's Woad ** Eurasian Milfoil + False Brome Giant Cane (Giant Reed) Hoary Alyssum + Hydrilla Leafy Spurge + Meadow Knapweed Mediterranean Sage + Medusahead Rye + Musk Thistle ** Orange Hawkweed + Perennial Pepperweed + Purple Loosestrife + Rush Ske1etonweed Russian Knapweed + Saltcedar Tarnarix + Scotch Thistle + Squarrose Knapweed Sulfur Cinquefoil Tansy Ragwort + Ventenata + Water Primrose Whitetop; Hoary Cress + Wild Carrot + YeHow Floating Heart + Yellow Starthistle ** Common Name Canada Thistle + Dalmation Toadflax + Diffuse Knapweed + Kochia+ Myrtle Spurge + Poison Hemlock + Puncturevine + Scientific Name Peganurn harrnala Solanum rostraturn Cynoglossum officinale Isatis tinctoria Myriophyllum spicatum Brachypodium sylvaticum Arundo donax Berteroa incana Hydrilla verticillata Euphorbia esula Centaurea pratensis Salvia aethiopis Taeniatherum caputmedusae Carduus nutans Hieracium aurantiacum Lepidium latifoliurn Lythrum salicaria Chondrilla juncea Acroptilon repens Tarnarix rarnosissima Onopordum acanthium Centaurea virgata Potentilla recta Senecio jacobaea Ventenata dubia Ludwigia ssp. Lepidium draba Daucus carota Nyrnphoides spp. Centaurea solstitialis "B" Rated Weeds: Scientific Name Cirsium arvense Linaria dalmatica Centaurea diffusa Kochia scoparia Euphorbia myrsinites Conium maculaturn Tribulus terrestris Page 2 of3 -EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 Common Name Scientific Name Ribbon Grass + Phalaris arundinacea var. picta Russian Thistle + Sal sola spp. Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius Spotted Knapweed + Centaurea stoebe Yellow Toadflax + Linaria vulgaris Yellowflag Iris + Iris pseudacorus "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 lohnswort + Sweet Clover(s) -Only on Right of Ways + Western Water-Hemlock / + + Currently in the County **All known populations have been treated / Natives but Poisonous to Animals or Humans Scientific Name Cirsium vulgare Ranunculus testiculatus Bromus tectorum Verbascum thapsus Cuscuta spp. Convolvulus arvensis Erodium cicutarium Conyza canadensis Iva axillaries Agropyron repens Phalaris arundinacea Elodea densa Xanthium spino sum Hypericum perforatum Melilotus officinalis Cicuta douglasii Page 3 of3 -EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 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 plants: Common Name African Rue Buffalobur Bull Thistle Bur Buttercup Canada Thistle Cheat Grass (Downy Brome) Common Houndstongue Common Mullein Dalmation Toadflax Diffuse Knapweed Dodder Dyer's Woad Eurasian Milfoil False Brome Field Bindweed Filaree Redstem Giant Cane (Giant Reed) Hoary Alyssum 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 Scientific Name 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 Berteroa incana Conyza Canadensis Hydrilla verticillata Kochia scoparia Euphorbia esula Centaurea pratensis Salvia aethiopis Taeniatherum caputmedusae Carduus nutans Euphorbia myrsinites Hieracium aurantiacum Lepidium latifolium Conium maculatum Iva axillaries Tribulus terrestris Lythrum salicaria Agropyron repens Phalaris arundinacea Phalaris arundinacea var. picta Page I of2 EXHIBIT B TO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 Common Name Scientific Name Rush Skeletonweed Russian Knapweed Russian Thistle Saltcedar Tamarix Scotch Broom Scotch Thistle South American Waterweed Spiny Cocklebur Spotted Knapweed Squarrose Knapweed St 10hnswort Sulfur Cinquefoil Sweet Clover(s) -Only on Right of Ways Tansy Ragwort Ventenata Water Primrose Western Water-Hemlock Whitetop; Hoary Cress Wild Carrot Yellow Floating Heart Yellow Starthistle Yellow Toadflax Yellowflag Iris Chondrilla juncea Acroptilon repens Salsola spp. Tamarix ramosissima Cytisus scoparius Onopordum acanthium Elodea densa Xanthium spino sum Centaurea stoebe Centaurea virgata Hypericum perforatum Potentilla recta Melilotus officinalis Senecio jacobaea Ventenata dubia Ludwigia ssp. Cicuta douglasii Lepidium drab a Daucus carota Nymphoides spp. Centaurea solstitialis Linaria vulgaris Iris pseudacorus The Board appointed a County Weed Inspector who has the power to enforce Deschutes County Code Chapter ("DCC") 8.35 and 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 ofthe 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 ofDCC 8.35 and ORS 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, May 8, 2015 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON Anthony DeBone, Chair Page 2 of 2 EXHIBIT B TO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032