ASCS office has been over run by weed complaints. The ASCS is very watchful and tough on the need to control noxious weeds on CRP land. It continues to cause some confrontations on CRP land versus adjacent landowners. The town chairman acts as weed commissioner but since they are elected officials and do not want to make any voters mad, the weeds keep growing and growing and growing. Enforcement varies greatly from township to township, depending on the individual selected to enforce the law.
Most callers indicate they have contacted the local official responsible but get no response.
Summary The Wisconsin noxious weed law has been helpful to some local governments, a few have used it to excess, but most seem to have ignored it. There is no coordination between counties nor within counties regarding the species added to the noxious weed list. Nor is there any consistency in appointing weed commissioners between counties nor any systematic method to train them to do their job. The same is true of efforts to reestablish or protect native plants in the state. These are often threatened by introduced species, which represent most of our weeds.