Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area

Projects Workgroup Brief Presentation

• Accomplishments
  1. Invasive Plant Control Activites in the MCWMA: February, 2006
     • European beachgrass removal, 259 hours by park aides,
     • BRS workday, 6 hours staff, 24 hours by volunteers
     • Iceplant removal, MacKerricher, DPR staff, 5 hours
     • Broom removal, Russian Gulch State Park, DPR staff, 3 hours
     • Weed survey and eradication, Mendocino Ag staff, ?? hours
     • Weed management, CDF staff, ?? hours
     • Totals: hours= 314, value = $5060, acres/miles = ??
  2. Projects Workgroup meeting held April 6, 2006 ;
     • Waste disposal options were discussed. Webpage will be published giving options and conditions when each is appropriate.
     • Project checklists for 4 weed management projects were reviewed. The Highway 1 & 20 site was selected as the preferred site for the NFWF demonstration project.
     • Next Projects Workgroup meeting has not been scheduled.
• Plans
  1. MCWMA Partners will vote to approve the preferred demonstration site on May 2, 10-12 on site.
  2. Caltrans will remove pampas grass at the Highway 1 & 20 intersection in early May.
  3. Hire a student intern to assist in data entry for invasive plant management information once a procedure has been developed.
• Needs (if you can assist with any of these items, please contact Tara Athan at coord@mcwma.org)
  1. Organizations with liability insurance coverage willing to sponsor volunteer invasive plant removal events.
  2. Information on any other ways coverage of volunteer invasive plant workers could be addressed.
  3. Reporting on a monthly basis paid or volunteer invasive plant control activites (using the In-Kind Reporting Form ).