Pennington County State and Local-Declared Weeds & Pests

Scott Guffey, Supervisor
Craig Smith, Crew Leader
LouAnn Blain, Admin

Pennington County
Weed & Pest
3607 Cambell Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605)394-5320
Fax: (605)716-3793

Contact Weed & Pest

SOUTH DAKOTA FACTS:

In recent years mountain pine beetle attacks in the Black Hills have caused extensive ponderosa pine mortality leaving large areas of once green and thriving trees now brown and dead.

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATUTE REQUIRES LAND OWNERS CONTROL WEEDS ON THEIR LAND

In South Dakota, it is a class-2 misdemeanor if your land is infested with state or local declared noxious weeds or pests. The state of South Dakota has seven declared noxious weeds and two declared pests. The SD Weed & Pest Commission also allows counties to list up to six additional weeds and pests on it locally-declared list. The twelve state and local declared weeds, and three state and local declared pests for Pennington County include:



Canada Thistle Hoary Cress Leafy Spurge Perennial Sowthistle Russian Knapweed Salt Cedar	Common Tansy Dalmatian Toadflax Houndstongue Puncturevine Spotted Knapweed


Black-tailed Prairie Dog Gypsy Moth	Mountain Pine Beetle

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