Mitchell County Weed Department
Jason Vetter
​Office Hours 8a - 5p  ​M - F

Contact Information 

• ​P: 785-738-3461 
• F: 785-785-2507 ​
  
• ​E-mail

Office Location
1313 E. 8th St.
Beloit, KS 67420

Office Assistant

• Cyndee McCullough

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View Descriptions & Photos of Noxious Weeds

Within Mitchell County, Kansas

Our Duties
The Mitchell County, Kansas, Noxious Weed Department administers the Kansas Noxious Weed Law (KSA 2-1314) throughout the County. We deal with all noxious weeds found on county property, in townships and on privately owned property by aiding in their identifying, educating, treating and removing of those noxious weeds. We also recommend the use of cultural controls that do not require herbicides. Along with our services we, in turn, try to keep our county roadsides clean of unwanted vegetation.

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​We've also taken action to add color back to our county roads
through our Wildflower Project.  Click Here or Scroll Down To Learn More!

General Notice to Control Noxious Weeds -- Overview

The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S. A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action. ​Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Mitchell County that noxious weeds growing or found on such land shall be controlled and eradicated.

​Control is defined as preventing the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.

Declared Noxious Weeds Throughout Kansas

• Bur ragweed
• Canada thistle
• Field Bindweed
• Hoary Cress
• Johnsongrass
• Kudzu
  
• Leafy Spurge

• Musk Thistle
• Pignut
• Quackgrass
• Russian Knapweed
• Sericea Lespedeza
• Bull Thistle – Optional
• Multiflora Rose – Optional

The public is also hereby notified that it is a violation of the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock or livestock feed unless the feed is fed on the farm where grown or sold to a commercial processor that will destroy the viability of the noxious weed seed. Custom harvesting machines must be labeled with a label provided by the Kansas Department of Agriculture and must be free of all weed seed and litter when entering the State and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds.

Failure to Observe this Notice May Result in the County:

• Serving a legal notice requiring control of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five days. Failure to control the noxious weeds within the time period allowed may result in the county treating the noxious weeds at the landowners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days
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• Filing criminal charges for non-compliance. Conviction for non-compliance may result in a fine of $100 per day of non-compliance with a maximum fine of $1,500.

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For Additional Information Contact:  Kansas Dept. of Agriculture
1320 Research Park Drive
Manhattan, Kansas 66502

• 785-564-6700  |  Website

Wildflower Project

The Mitchell County, Kansas, Wildflower Project was initiated in the fall of 2015. It consisted of 17 varieties of wildflowers being planted in 26 different locations throughout the county with anticipation of more to follow. The wildflower seeds were hand-collected or given through donations. The seeds were then hand-broadcast (planted) at selected sites at the proper time of year.  We hope that this gesture of giving back to nature establishes natural habitat to feed bees and butterflies, and a place for people to enjoy the natural beauty of the flowers and surrounding landscape. It could take a few years for the wild flowers to become fully establish, but we believe it will be well worth the wait.

During 2018, we were excited to see some of the seeds that were initially planted growing into mature plants.  Flowering color is beginning to show in some areas. We know that the plants don’t all bloom at the same time and that some may need more growth before becoming fully noticeable to people passing by.  The favorable condition of the plots observed this past fall (2018), while we spreading more seeds, gave us hope and confidence for the future of this project. We hope that everyone can take the time to visit one or more of our Wildflower Project plots.