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California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee

About

The California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee (CINWCC) was formed in 1995 when 14 federal, state, and county agencies came together under a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate the management of noxious weeds. The committee’s mission is to facilitate, promote, and coordinate the establishment of an Integrated Pest Management partnership between public and private land managers toward the eradication and control of noxious weeds on federal and state lands and on private lands adjacent to public lands.

Profile

Just Who is the California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee (CINWCC)? As awareness about the impacts of invasive weeds escalated during the late 1980s and into the 1990s, a need for California to better coordinate and share information about past, ongoing, and future weed activities (management, eradication, education, mapping, etc.) became evident. Recognizing this need, local, State, and Federal agencies and non-governmental representatives entered a Memorandum of Understanding from 1995-1997. To date, the group includes State and Federal signatory agencies and representatives, as well as many active stakeholder groups (see sidebar on page 2).Anne Knox with the Bureau of Land Management served as the group’s first chairperson from 1995-1997. Nate Dechoretz of the California Department of Food and Agriculture led the group from 1998-1999. Then Cheri Rohrer of the U.S. Forest Service led from 2000-2001. And now, Bobbi Simpson is the current chairperson.

Accomplishments

  • Quarterly meetings to share information about ongoing and future weed activities
  • War on Weeds Mini-Grants Program initiated and continued
  • Development of a CINWCC Web site
  • Development of the CalWeed Database
  • Launching of the Noxious Times Newsletter

Contact Information

Terrance Lorick
E-mail: tlorick@cdfa.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 651-0573

Carri Benefield
E-mail: cbenefield@cdfa.ca.go
Phone: (916) 654-0768

Bobbi Simpson
E-mail: bobbi_simpson@nps.gov