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Minnesota Noxious Weeds List[/vc_cta][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”green” alignment=”center” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Invasive Control” tab_id=”1593551532811-e47cfa31-d6a0″][vc_text_separator title=”Invasive Control Guidance”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1593207370383{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
for Koochiching County
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Wild Parsnip
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Common or European Buckthorn
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Meadow Knapweed
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Brown Knapweed
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Purple Loostrife
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Leafy Spurge
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Cost-share Available
Terrestrial Invasive Control Project Implementation Cost-share funding will include 75% of the total cost-share project cost to hire invasive species control services with a goal of 80 acres of targeted weed control implementation on priority private property.
Landowners will provide a 25% cash match for any projects completed on their land.
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Koochiching County Cooperative Weed Management Area (KCCWMA) Mission
Work together to mitigate, prevent and eradicate invasive terrestrial species in Koochiching County.
[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1573163663543{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Koochiching County Cooperative Weed Management Area (KCCWMA) is comprised of state and federal agencies, municipalities, tribes, nonprofits, community organizations, and individuals who have come together to combat invasive species in the county. Invasive species can have devastating impacts on native plant communities, fish and wildlife habitat,agricultural yields, recreational and subsistence opportunities, local economy and the services healthy ecosystems provide.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_custom_list title=”KCCWMA Partners” style=”mk-icon-check-circle” align=”left”]
- Bois Forte
- Voyageurs National Park
- DNR Division of Forestry
- DNR Division of Wildlife
- Koochiching County Highway Department
- Koochiching County Land and Forestry
- Koochiching Soil & Water Conservation District
- MN DOT District 1, Duluth/Virginia
- MN Dot District 2, Bemidji
- City of Ranier
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Buckthorn: Now’s the time for control – KSWCD brings awareness
[/vc_cta][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1573163691981{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Contacts” tab_id=”1593552084320-d5c98b54-839d”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://kswcdstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/KoochichingSWCD-Logo.png” image_size=”medium” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_cta h2=”James Aasen” color=”blue”]Forest Resource Specialist
218-283-6742
james.aasen@co.koochiching.mn.us[/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_image src=”https://kswcdstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/klogo2.gif” image_size=”large” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_cta h2=”Nathan Heibel” color=”blue”]Land and Forestry Land Commissioner
218-283-1126
Nathan.Heibel@co.koochiching.mn.us[/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://kswcdstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/xdnr-logo-minnesota-department-of-natural-resources-dnr-.ic_.0srsqoedlo.jpg” image_size=”medium” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_cta h2=”Ben West” color=”blue”]DNR Forester
218-278-6651
Benjamin.West@state.mn.us
421 Third Ave
Littlefork, MN 56653[/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator border_width=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][mk_padding_divider][mk_image src=”https://kswcdstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/usda_nrcs_logo-scaled.jpg” image_size=”medium” align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_cta h2=”Matthew Rose” color=”blue”]NRCS Soil Conservationist
218-634-1546 ext. 110
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