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Today, we bring awareness to the leafy spurge noxious weed midway through National Invasive Species Awareness Week to educate our community so we can work as a team to stay protected from this harmful weed. The leafy spurge contains a milky latex that causes burns and rashes when in contact with human skin and is toxic to livestock.

Mesa County Public Health (MCPH) is now accepting residential burn permit applications on March 1, 2025.

Today, we are highlighting the flowering rush noxious weed for National Invasive Species Awareness Week so our community can help identify and report this weed to keep it out of our waterways and minimize its damage to our environment. The flowering rush invades wetlands and streambanks and is a host plant to the organisms that cause “swimmer’s itch.” Leach Creek in Grand Junction is Colorado’s only known location of flowering rush infestations, making eradication possible.

To learn more about Veterans Services in Mesa County, please visit the Veterans page on our Workforce Center website.

You can still enter Mesa County Elections' 2025 "I Voted" sticker contest!

Do you know anyone in grades one through 12 who is artsy and creative? If so, they can participate in Mesa County Elections' 2025 "I Voted" sticker contest from Jan. 8 through Feb. 28, 2025, to show civic pride in our community and help remind our neighbors to vote!

This National Invasive Species Awareness Week, we are highlighting noxious weeds that can be found in our area to bring awareness and education to our community. When residents have the proper knowledge, they can report the noxious weed to Mesa County so we can treat it before it causes a larger problem. The dalmatian toadflax is a noxious weed established in high-elevation areas near Mesa and Molina with the ability to aggressively invade pastures, forests, and disturbed sites by forming monocultures that degrade grazing lands for cattle and wildlife.