• Tuesday, April 21, 2009 : Training in Online Weed Reporting with BAEDN
• Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2009 : Big River Stewards Third-Annual Earth Day work weekend
• Wednesday - Thursday, May 13-14, 2009 : Cal-IPC Wildland Weed Field Courses

• Tuesday, April 21, 2009 : Training in Online Weed Reporting with BAEDN
  Time: 7-8:30PM
  Location: Gualala Community Center
  Fee: none for attendance, $10 (possibly less) per laptop for internet use during workshop
  Description: In Sonoma County, funding for rapid-response invasive weed treatment (eradication of small frontier and outlier populations of invasive weeds) is linked to an online weed reporting system called the Bay Area Early Detection Network or BAEDN, hosted by Calflora. The goal of this workshop is to train a cadre of weed reporters in northwestern Sonoma County in the use of BAEDN, so new weed infestations can be dealt with BEFORE they become an ecological nightmare- like broom and jubatagrass. There is no fee for workshop attendance.
  
  The easy-to-use online form has five required fields:
  • Scientific name
  • Identification method
  • Observer
  • Observation Date
  • Location
  and many more optional fields. Participants will learn how to correctly gather and enter information in required and optional fields. Further, we will explore the other tools and features of the website, including links to Calflora species descriptions and observation records, use of the dynamic species distribution maps, linking photos to your reports and more.
  
  Wireless internet service is available at the Gualala Community Center for a fee (normally $10 per person, but we are requesting a discount for the Weed Reporting workshop). If you would like to follow the presentation online and practice entering a plant observation, you may bring your wireless-enabled laptop to the workshop. A credit or debit card is required to pay the fee online. To participate online during the workshop, it is recommended that you register as a contributor with Calflora (free for non-professionals) BEFORE the workshop because an email activation is required.
  Link: About Contributing Observations to Calflora
  Contact: Tara Athan coord at mcwma.org (Address modified to foil spambots: change " at " to @ in email)
  
  
• Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2009 : Big River Stewards Third-Annual Earth Day work weekend
  Time: 11AM - 4PM (Sat), 10AM - 3PM (Sun)
  Link: Mendocino Land Trust
  Contact: Matt Coleman mcoleman at mendocinolandtrust.org (Address modified to foil spambots: change " at " to @ in email)
  Description: The Stewards will team up with the Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association and the California State Parks Foundation for this two-day event focused on removing invasive plants from two sites at Big River.
  Interested volunteers will be hosted in rustic private cabins at the Woodlands and feted to dinner at the historic Camp One dining hall, or can join in for the day. On the Saturday workday from 11am to 4pm, volunteers will work remove invasive plants from Big River Beach. On Sunday, volunteers will work from 10am to 3pm to remove invasive English Ivy from redwood forest near the Woodlands.
  
  
• Wednesday - Thursday, May 13-14, 2009 : Cal-IPC Wildland Weed Field Courses
  Time: full day
  Location: Santa Rosa - Mountain Home Ranch
  Description: Looking to hone your wildland weed management skills? Our full-day courses provide expert instruction on core topics for your work. Courses are designed for professional land managers and restoration volunteers — newcomers and old-timers, professionals and committed volunteers alike.
  Thanks to the generous support of a major donor, Cal-IPC is able to offer discounted rates for restoration volunteers for the entire 2009 Field Course Season!
  Link: For More Information, Cost, Schedule, Registration, Other Locations .
  Contact: Cal-IPC info at cal-ipc.org (Address modified to foil spambots: change " at " to @ in email)
  
  

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