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We are a newly formed group of individuals, Federal, State, and County public agencies, special districts, municipalities, environmental coalitions, agricultural concerns, and others who have banded together to fight the spread of invasive and noxious weeds in Ventura County. The VCWMA is an expansion of the Ventura County Arundo Task Force (VCATF). Both agencies are led by the Ventura County Resource Conservation District (VCRCD). The VCWMA’s activities will focus upon the exclusion, detection, eradication, and suppression of priority noxious and invasive weeds using an integrated approach. We will be working closely with other local organizations such as the VCATF, the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, and the Wetlands Recovery Task Force in the fight against invasive weeds.
Coming Events
Weed Management Area Meeting
April 30 930-1200
Faulkner Farms, Santa Paula
Blue Circle BBQ
June 26 1-4PM
Resource Conservation District Offices
3380 Somis Road
Somis CA
Current News
Statewide Weed Maps
The California Invasive Plant Council, in partnership with the California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, UC Davis, and the state's network of Weed Management Areas (WMAs), has begun conducting statewide surveys of wildland weed distribution and trends. Draft maps of these efforts can be accessed here.
The Links page of the VCWMA's website has some new additions, so don't forget to browse through it from time to time, and visit the sites we've added! We're particularly excited about the new PlantRight initiative!
Thank you to all who joined us at our May 16th meeting!
The next WMA meeting will hopefully occur sometime during the first quarter of 2008, however the day, time, and location have yet to be finalized. We'll update the site as information becomes available. We hope you can join us!
* John Markham's presentation on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction and permitting strategies can be found here.
* The Army Corps' Regional General Permit (RGP) 41 pertaining to invasive plant removal can be obtained here.
Minutes from our February 21st meeting can be accessed here.
Is your organization interested in becoming a VCWMA partner?
The VCWMA needs your support! If your organization would like to support the WMA, please consider signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), as MOUs illustrate area support for our organization. The VCWMA has 2 versions of the MOU available, a standard version and one specifically tailored to better suit the needs of government agencies. If your organization would like to show its support for the VCWMA, please print two copies of the appropriate MOU signature page, sign where indicated, and mail to Marty Melvin of the VCRCD at the address shown on the signature page. A copy endorsed by the VCRCD will then be returned to you for your records.
The full text of the VCWMA's Strategic Plan can be accessed here.
Portions of our website are still under development, but please check back from time to time as we add additional content.
Feedback about the website may be sent to info@vcwma.org.
Thanks for visiting!
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