The management of noxious weeds on the Blackhawk Ranch is the responsibility of individual property owners and is enforced by the Colorado Noxious Weed Act.  Each property owner is responsible for the inspection and control of noxious weeds on their property.  Since noxious weeds are opportunistic, and sprout more often where the soil has been disturbed, the Board has assumed that responsibility for the road setback (20 feet from the center of the road, on each side of the road), and has assigned this task to the Weed Committee.  This does not, however, relieve the property owner of weed management responsibilities for their property.  The Weed Committee will make a courtesy report to property owners of any noxious weeds observed beyond the road easement.

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Twice per calendar year (Spring and Fall), the weeds committee surveys the ranch roads of noxious weeds and sprays using a herbicide to manage growth. Property owners may rent a POA owner backpack sprayer to help control weeds on their own property.

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Colorado Species

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• List A Species in Colorado that are designated by the Commissioner for eradication.

• List B Species are species for which the Commissioner, in consultation with the state noxious weed advisory committee, local governments, and other interested parties, develops and implements state noxious weed management plans designed to stop the continued spread of these species.

• List C Species are species for which the Commissioner, in consultation with the state noxious weed advisory committee, local governments, and other interested parties, will develop and implement state noxious weed management plans designed to support the efforts of local governing bodies to facilitate more effective integrated weed management on private and public lands. The goal of such plans will not be to stop the continued spread of these species but to provide additional education, research, and biological control resources to jurisdictions that choose to require management of List C species.