Mesa County is moving three units that were previously under the management of different departments into its natural resources department.

Those changes include noxious weed and pest management moving from the road and bridge department, parks and open space management moving from the facilities department, and the trail crew moving from the public health department.

The natural resources department has not historically been its own standing department, County Administrator Todd Hollenbeck said, and has focused on legislative issues and long-term planning.

“We’ve always had natural resources to some degree, certainly not to the level that we’re ramping that up to,” Hollenbeck said. “But when you start looking at our number of like services that could better coordinate, not be so siloed

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