With the new year upon us, we want to take a moment to stop and reflect on our many accomplishments and challenges over the past year. We have been doing a lot of reflection as we work on our end-of-year reporting and plan for the year ahead.
To celebrate our accomplishments, the WeedWise Program has prepared an annual report for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Over the last year, the WeedWise program has:
- Provided technical assistance to 210 county residents;
- Sent targeted mailings to 2409 households;
- Worked with 696 landowners to implement weed projects;
- Partnering with 58 public and non-profit organizations;
- Maintained active permissions with 1,876 landowners managing 678,311 acres;
- Tracked 54,950 weed patches;
- Documented 4,674 new weed observations totaling 66 acres;
- Implemented 990 weed surveys and treatments totaling 13,323 acres;
- Expended $649,131 to support noxious weed control projects;
- Administered 2 Cooperative Weed Management Areas;
These are just the highlights of our year! Please take a look and learn more about the great work that our folks have carried out over the last year!