The Box Elder County Commission on Wednesday approved a ,000 state grant for local noxious weed control. The grant will help pay for herbicides, biological control agents, equipment, and public education initiatives aimed at reducing the spread of invasive plant species. “This is a grant that we get every year from the [Utah] Department of Agriculture,” said Wyatt Freeze, Box Elder County’s weed department supervisor. “It is a ,000 grant and we have to match it with ,000 ourselves.” The funding comes through the Invasive Species Mitigation Weed Control Grant program, administered by the UDAF, which supports early detection, targeted...

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