The Colorado Weed Management Association (CWMA) has presented its 2007 'Commissioner of the Year' Award to the Fremont County Board of Commissioners. The award was announced during the December annual conference of CWMA at the Pueblo Convention Center. The three Fremont County Commissioners were presented with the award at their regular meeting December 11th.
Fremont County Weed Control Manager J.R. Phillips said the CWMA typically recognizes one county commissioner in the state who has advanced the objectives of weed management through the support of the programs in their particular county. Phillips said this year the entire Fremont County Board of Commissioners was nominated for the honor because of the support shown in issues dealing with management of noxious weeds in Fremont and surrounding counties. Phillips said that in addition to the Commissioners taking an interest in work by the Fremont County Weed Advisory Board, Commissioner Larry Lasha even donned a back pack sprayer and took part in spraying elongated mustard plants in rocky terrain in the Wellsville area last summer.
The award was presented to the Commissioners by Paul Telck, President of the Fremont County Weed Advisory Board; Alan Schwartz of Buena Vista, President of the Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area; and Larry Walker, Weed Control Manager for Park and Teller Counties and a member of the CWMA Board of Directors.
Fremont County Weed Control Manager J.R. Phillips said the CWMA typically recognizes one county commissioner in the state who has advanced the objectives of weed management through the support of the programs in their particular county. Phillips said this year the entire Fremont County Board of Commissioners was nominated for the honor because of the support shown in issues dealing with management of noxious weeds in Fremont and surrounding counties. Phillips said that in addition to the Commissioners taking an interest in work by the Fremont County Weed Advisory Board, Commissioner Larry Lasha even donned a back pack sprayer and took part in spraying elongated mustard plants in rocky terrain in the Wellsville area last summer.
The award was presented to the Commissioners by Paul Telck, President of the Fremont County Weed Advisory Board; Alan Schwartz of Buena Vista, President of the Upper Arkansas Cooperative Weed Management Area; and Larry Walker, Weed Control Manager for Park and Teller Counties and a member of the CWMA Board of Directors.