RIO BLANCO COUNTY CONTRACT SERVICES

Rio Blanco County is available to provide herbicide application services for the following noxious weed species only. The county may treat other noxious weed species if deemed that they pose a serious threat to the lands in Rio Blanco County. All noxious weeds are treated on a priority basis and as the counties work schedule allows. Herbicide costs are not included in any labor charges.

Application charges are as follows:

Contracts are charged $25 an hour for one truck, sprayer, fuel and one person. Charges start from the time we reach the property until the time we leave the property. A deposit for the estimated charges is required before we can proceed with any work.

Government agencies are charged $50 an hour for one truck, sprayer, fuel and one person. Charges start from the time we leave the shop in Meeker and end when we return back to the shop in Meeker. All government contracts require a purchase order number before we can proceed with any work.

Noxious weeds that Rio Blanco County will control:

Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Common burdock (Arctium minus)
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Dalmation toadflax (Linaria genistifolia)
Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus)
Hoary cress (Cardaria draba)
Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
*Oxeye daisy (Chrysantheum leucanthermum)
Musk thistle (Carduus nutans)
Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)
Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)
Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens)
Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium and tauricum)
Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
*Sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
*Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

* Recently found noxious weeds.