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PROHIBITED & NOXIOUS WEEDS

The Government of Alberta keeps an extensive listing of noxious weeds online (click here).  There is also a resource binder at our main office should you like to have a look. Check out our noxious weeds and spraying video 


AGRICULTURAL PESTS & DISEASES


The Government of Alberta maintains an online Insect Pest Monitoring map. Check it out here. 

 

WATER HEMLOCK Has been found in the region. Read this information sheet for more details.
JIMSONWEED (Devil's Trumpet) Has been found in the province. Read these two documents on how to handle it if you find it in your crops.
Jimsonweed Update
Government of Alberta Alert on Jimsonweed

Vegetation Management Program

 

The County of Vermilion River manages vegetation alongside County roads for a variety of reasons, including:

 

  • Increased traffic safety by reducing obstructions in the ditch and improving visibility along roadways and at intersections,
  • Reduced vegetation that attracts wildlife to roadsides,
  • Reduced snow accumulation concerns and to facilitate snow removal,
  • Enhanced road maintenance,
  • To control the spread of noxious and prohibited noxious weeds on municipal property, and
  • To reduce the spread of crop diseases and pests along municipal roadways (i.e. clubroot of canola, black knot fungus).

 

Vegetation of concern includes provincially regulated under Alberta’s Weed Control Act like toadflax and scentless chamomile. It also includes any trees or shrubs growing along the roadside, and tall vegetation including sweet clover, alfalfa and bromegrass, which reduce visibility, attract animals and impact road maintenance.

 

 

The County’s Roadside Vegetation Management Program uses an Integrated Management Approach with a number of management tools. We try to make vegetation management decisions that take into account the crops adjoining the roadside, wildlife and pollinator usage of the ditches, and other potential users of the roadside.

 

 

For more information about our vegetation program see the Invasive Species Crash Course: CVR's Vegetation Management Program Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   

 

 

   

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