State law requires counties to have Noxious Weed Control Boards.
Washington state has long recognized that noxious weeds are a threat to the state's agriculture, and since 1881 legislation has required landowners to control their weeds. By the 1980s people began to realize that noxious weeds threatened more than just agriculture native plants and ecosystems are also impacted by weeds. The legislation was broadened to encompass these threats. A 1996 survey of Clallam County by the State indicated that there was a need for a Noxious Weed Control Board , to prevent serious increases in weed populations. Consequently, the Board of Clallam County Commissioners activated our local Weed Board in 1997.