Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area

Information Management Workgroup Brief Presentation

• Accomplishments
  1. Provided maps for Fort Bragg community meeting.
  2. Schema for databases of roadside survey and experts mapping data developed and tested.
  3. Data entry into spreadsheets in progress.
  4. Current state of WIMS (Weed Information Mapping System) 3.x assessed: still not ready to use.
  5. Oregon noxious weeds reviewed for additions to our initial list.
  6. Interns hired for surveys, and roadside survey completed on 251 miles of roads. See the list of roads surveyed.
  7. Obtained distribution map of Cape Ivy from Mona Robinson.
  8. Information Management Workgroup meeting held online on March 23, 2006 ;
     • Reconnaisance Survey protocol reviewed;
     • Data Quality Objectives for Highway 1 & 20 intersection discussed.
     • Next Information Management Workgroup meeting has not been scheduled.
• Plans
  1. Use additional help for data entry.
  2. Convert spreadsheets currently being used to store data into MySQL databases with online forms for data entry,
  3. Tara will spend one data a week conducting road surveys, concentrating on the eastern side of the MCWMA.
  4. Install new chatroom software that will save a transcript of the session.
  5. Purchase one GPS unit for evaluation.
• Needs (if you can assist with any of these items, please contact Tara Athan at coord@mcwma.org)
  1. In the Weed Information Management System, create a definition of your Management Area, export to a spreadsheet and submit by e-mail. This is needed for documenting weed occurrences. Contact Tara if you need assistance.
  2. Teams of 2 needed to implement the roadside survey.
  3. Additional weed distribution information requested.
  4. State Parks MU layer needed.