Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area

Projects Workgroup Brief Presentation

• Accomplishments
  1. Invasive Plant Control Activites in the MCWMA: March-August, 2006
     • Demonstration Project, 350 hours, 0.25 acres, $8976, 12 yards of debris
     • European beachgrass removal,?? hours, ?? acres by park aides,
     • Other weed removal, State Parks, DPR staff, ?? hours, ?? acres
     • Weed survey and eradication, Mendocino Ag staff, ?? hours
     • Weed management, CDF staff, ?? hours
     • Totals: hours= ??, value = $??, acres/miles = ??
  2. Joint Projects/Education Workgroup meeting held April 6, 2006 Minutes;
     • 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.
  3. MCWMA Partners voted to approve the preferred demonstration site on May 2, 10-12 on site.
  4. Caltrans hired the CCC's to remove pampas grass at the Highway 1 & 20 intersection in early May. Project summary is posted [here]
  5. MCWMA intern Dan Young was trained by Peter in seed collection techniques. Over the summer, Dan has collected a significant quantity of native grass seed to be used for revegetation at the demonstration project site.
  6. Local nurseries and native plant enthusiasts were contacted concerning the need to revegetate the demonstration project site. Donations have been arranged.
  7. Group II has verbally agreed to allow collection of Douglas iris bulbs on the Hare Creek lot, and to allow us to burn piles of the Scotch broom slash on their property, in exchange for removal of Scotch broom on their property in the vicinity of the fence and a share in the bulbs.
  8. Weed wrenches (one of each size) have been purchased in anticipation of the winter weed removal season. These will be available for short-term loan to residents of the MCWMA and Inland Mendocino CWMA as well.
• Plans
  1. Use a student intern to assist in data entry for invasive plant management information once a procedure has been developed. Note: pilot data is needed in order to develop a procedure- see below.
• Needs (if you can assist with any of these items, please contact Tara Athan at coord@mcwma.org)
  1. Finalize a written agreement with Group II.
  2. Donations of native or non-invasive plant stock for revegetation of demonstration project site.
  3. Landscaping plan for demonstration project site.
  4. Volunteer help on Oct 21-22 at demonstration site.
  5. Reporting of paid or volunteer invasive plant control activites (using the In-Kind Reporting Form ), especially treatment details such as acres, species treated, method, cost.
  6. Submit demonstration project to NRPI database.