Noxious weeds are invasive plant species that often spread rapidly and displace the native plants that provide habitat, food, and shelter for wildlife. This page serves as a repository of resources for combatting noxious weeds and preventing their spread.
Please click the image below to identify the 13 noxious weeds in Routt County and methods for their management.
Steamboat Pilot: “Alarm sounded for spread of whitetop in Routt County”
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Whitetop shown at Haymaker Golf Course. Click image to read article.
““I feel like I’m witnessing a slow-motion ecological pandemic on our landscape … whitetop has invaded our ecosystem and unfortunately our ecosystem has no way to deal with it. At whitetop’s current rate of spread, I see a point in our future where everything turns white each spring and grass meadows are the exception, not the norm.””