Weed Control Rebate Programs

Wild Caraway and Tall Buttercup Rebate Program

The Mountain View Agricultural Service Board has taken a special interest in the control of Tall Buttercup and Wild Caraway. The County is offering a Spray incentive of 20 % off the cost of approved herbicides to combat the noxious species of Tall Buttercup and Wild Caraway. This incentive program is applicable to private land holders, private lessees of public lands, and lessees of County owned property.

How do Eligible Land Owners and Land Users Access the Incentive?

Agricultural staff has the discretion to approve or deny incentive applications to the limits of the approved budget set by the Mountain View County Agricultural Service Board. Agricultural staff will follow up and inspect the designated lands to ensure appropriate weed control has been achieved. Upon completion of field inspection and achievement of satisfactory results, on the targeted weed species, agricultural staff may authorize payment of 20% of the value of the appropriate herbicide used.

Reverse Roadside Spraying Incentive

Traditionally, there has been small buffer zone to protect sensitive crops that has been intentionally left unsprayed. Mountain View County offers a service that allows producer to clean up headlands for restricted and noxious weed with our Reverse Roadside Spraying Incentive. The landowner will spray the headlands and a portion of the adjacent road allowance to a total width of 16 feet. Pasture Sprayers are available for use from Mountain View County, free of charge in addition the County will supply adequate herbicide to cover one acre per 1/2 mile of adjacent road allowance.

For more information on noxious weed control, and incentive programs, please call Mountain View County Agricultural Services at 335-3311

Weed Bounty

In an effort to prevent Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam) and Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) establishing within Mountain View County, the Agricultural Service board is prepared to offer a $50.00 reward to anyone finding either of these weeds within the Mountain View County boundary. The reward is only available once per site. To collect the reward leave either the Spotted knapweed or Orange hawkweed plant in the ground where found and contact the Assistant Agricultural Fieldman at 403-335-3311 ext 184 or 403-559-7311 to arrange a site visit and control.

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Please click the links below to view more information about the weeds, provided by the Alberta Invasive Plants Council:

• Spotted Kanpwwed,
• Orange Hawkweed,

Plant Exchange

As of June 2010 the Alberta Weed Control Act was updated and now includes many plants that may appear in your flowerbeds. These species of plants that appear on the Act have been found to be a problem due to their invasive nature and lack of native pests.

In the updated Act there are two categories of weeds Prohibited Noxious and Noxious. It is required by every landowner within a County or municipality to destroy Prohibited Noxious weeds and control Noxious weeds.

To help Mountain View County residents with these changes to the Weed Control Act, the County is offering a plant exchange program for any County landowners that have the following weed species currently growing in their flowerbeds:

Prohibited Noxious

• Himalayan Balsam/Poor Man's Orchid - Impatiens glandulifera Royle
• Flowering Rush - Butomus umbellatus L.
• Pale Yellow Iris - Iris pseudacorus L.
• Big Head Knapweed - Centurea macrophala Puschk. Ex Wild.

Noxious

• Common Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare L.
• Baby's Breath - Gypsophilia paniculata L.
• Creeping Bellflower - Campanula rapunculoide L.
• Yellow Clematis - Clematis tangutica Maxim. Korsh.
• Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
• Dame's Rocket - Hesperis matronalis L.

Please contact Mountain View County's Agriculture Services Department at 403-335-3311 ext 184, for information on how you can participate in this program while funding is available.