BOISE COUNTY WEED DEPARTMENT is now accepting applications for person (s) to perform fuel / wildfire mitigation and weed management work.  Position is seasonal, part time, temporary.  Requires manual labor, use of hand tools and chainsaws.  Requires work out of doors and workers must provide appropriate work clothing.  Starting salary DOE.  Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid Idaho driver's license.  Pre-employment drug screening required prior to employment.  Job Description and Employment Applications are available at the Clerk's Office, 420 Main Street, Idaho City, the Horseshoe Bend Courthouse Annex, 383 Highway ***********************************************************************************************

  Spotted Knapweed is one of the most prevalent noxious weeds in Boise County

Control of Noxious Weeds is the Landowner’s Responsibility

Idaho Code 22-2407. LANDOWNER AND CITIZEN DUTIES.
(1) It shall be the duty and responsibility of all landowners to control noxious weeds on their
land and property, in accordance with this chapter and with rules promulgated by the director.
(2) The cost of controlling noxious weeds shall be the obligation of the landowner.
(3) Noxious weed control must be for prevention, eradication, rehabilitation, control or
containment efforts. However, areas may be modified from the eradication requirement if the
landowner is a participant in a county-approved weed management plan or county-approved
cooperative weed management area.
(4) The landowner shall reimburse the county control authority for work done because of failure
to comply with a five (5) day notice, as outlined in section 22-2405, Idaho Code.
(5) If an article is infested with noxious weeds, it shall not be moved from designated premises
until it is treated in accordance with the applicable rules, or in accordance with the written permission
of a control authority.

Idaho has 57 different species of weeds, which are designated noxious by state law.

+ Denotes Statewide Early Detection/Rapid Response Noxious Weed List.
Weeds identified within Idaho shall be eradicated during the same growing season as identified.

# Denotes Statewide Containment Noxious Weed List. Weeds listed in the containment noxious
weeds list are known to exist in various populations throughout the state. Weed control efforts may be
directed at reducing or eliminating new or expanding weed populations while know and established
weed populations, as determined by the weed control authority, may be managed by any approved
weed control methodology, as determined by the seed control authority.

*Denotes Noxious Weeds found in Boise County

Link to noxious weed law

http://www3.state.id.us/cgi-bin/newidst?sctid=220240007.K

For more information on noxious weeds

Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Center for Invasive Plant Management
Herbicide Labels and Material Safety Data Sheets
Pacific Northwest Weed Control Handbook at Oregon State
Idaho Weed Resources, University of Idaho

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare