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ARRA Projects in California
| Agency
County or Region Contact |
Description of Project |
|---|---|
| Alameda CountyAg Commissioner Eastern Alameda County Robert Blumenthal |
Alameda County Weed Management Area Proposal: Eradication and monitoring of incipient infestations of Hoary Cress and White Horsenettle in the Mt. Diablo coastal range in Eastern Alameda County and prevent the potential establishment and spread of these noxious weeds to adjacent private, county, and state forested lands in Alameda County. |
| Butte RCD Butte County and Statewide Alexis Vertolli |
Butte County Resource Conservation District Weed Management Area Proposal for Red Sesbania Control: To contain the uppermost populations of Red sesbania (Sesbania punicea) in the Thermalito Forebay, Lower Feather River, and the Oroville Facilities Project Area and Oroville Wildlife Area in order to protect downstream riparian forest and aid in the treatment efforts to eradicate red sesbania throughout California. |
| Calaveras County Calaveras County Kevin P. Wright |
Calaveras County Weed Management Area Proposal: Survey for and eradication of A/B rated weeds (Skeletonweed, Plumeless Thistle, Spotted knapweed, Gorse, Scotch thistle, Purple Starthistle, Distaff thistle, Purple loosestrife, oblong spurge, and dalmatian toadflax) and Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge. |
| California Association of Resource Conservation Districts SF Bay Area Doug Johnson |
Bay Area Early Weed Detection and Rapid Response Regional Model Project:
To detect and remove incipient infestations of harmful invasive plants on forested lands of the nine county San Francisco Bay Area. |
| California Conservation Corps Statewide John Nickontro |
Mobile Weed Strike-Team: To perform invasive and noxious weed survey and control in and adjacent to forested lands throughout the state. |
| Calif. Invasive Plant Council Statewide Doug Johnson |
Mapping Invasive Plant Distribution and Spread:
To collect existing datasets, expert opinion from Weed Management Areas, and on-the-ground data to produce statewide risk maps of all 200 invasive plants listed in the Cal-IPC Inventory at the watershed scale. |
| Del Norte County Ag Commissioner Del Norte County Jim Buckles |
Del Norte County Department of Agriculture A/B Rated Noxious Weed Control / Eradication Project: Addressing: dalmatian toadflax, Meadow Knapweed, Spotted knapweed, Leafy Spurge, Diffuse Knapweed, Skeletonweed, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Knotweed, Tansy Ragwort, Canada Thistle, Gorse, and Giant Reed. |
| Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Placer and Sacramento counties Wayne Martin |
Red Sesbania Regional Mapping and Control Program:
Management of Red sesbania (Sesbania punicea) in the Dry Creek watershed, throughout City and County of Sacramento, City of Roseville, and Placer County. |
|
East Kern Co RCD
Kern County Ms. Donna Thomas |
Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District Noxious Weed Proposal South Fork Kern River Purple loosestrife and Perennial Pepperweed Control Project: To prevent the spread of perennial pepperweed that would displace grasses on grazing pastures and also displace native plants and effect the habitat value of a Conservation Easement on a ranch in Walker Basin. |
| El Dorado County Portions of Alpine, El Dorado and Placer Counties LeeAnne Mila |
El Dorado Weed Management Project To provide ground crews that will survey, treat, and map A &B rated weeds in three project areas: – West Slope area of El Dorado County – Lake Tahoe Basin (California portion, El Dorado and Placer Counties) – Alpine County |
| Fall River RCD Portions of Fall River Valley (Portions of Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, and Siskiyou counties) Kelly Shuler |
Fall River Resource Conservation District Weed Management Area Proposal:
Survey, Mapping, and Eradication of Scotch thistle, Perennial pepperweed, Purple loosestrife, Mediterranean sage, and other noxious weeds on Private Lands within Fall River Valley (approximately 1.2 million acres and includes the counties of Shasta, Lassen, Modoc, and Siskiyou counties).; |
| Humbdoldt County Pecwan and Weitchpec Jeff Dolf |
Humboldt County Weed Management Area Proposal and Meadow Knapweed Population Assessment To survey for Meadow Knapweed (Centaurea x pratensis) the Class-A invasive weed, in and around the communities of Weitchpec and Pecwan. |
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Inyo and Mono Agriculture Commissioner's Office Inyo and Mono Counties Nathan Reade |
Inyo and Mono Counties Watersheds Improvement Project:
– A/B Rated Weed Project for Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) management activities in Inyo and Mono Counties; – Primarily to control the spread of Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) on the lands within the Oak Creek watershed; – Control of three small Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) infestations are known to exist near the Owens River in the Long Valley area of Mono County; – To survey previously un-surveyed areas of the upper Owens River that feed Tinemaha Reservoir. – To survey the areas directly surrounding the reservoir; and Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) along the Los Angeles Aqueduct. |
| Lassen County Department of Agriculture Lassen County Tina Hilburn |
Lassen County Department of Agriculture A/B Rated Noxious Weeds Program: To maintain an integrated pest management approach for noxious weed control and eradication for the purpose of protecting forest, agricultural, wildlife, riparian & recreational resources in Lassen County. Species addressing: leafy Spurge, rush skeletonweed, perennial pepperweed , and spotted knapweed. |
| Lassen Honey Lake RCD Lassen County Leslie Woods (USDA) |
Lassen Swat Detection and Eradication of Agriculture: A-rated noxious weed dalmatian toadflax, perennial pepperweed , Puncturevine, Bull Thistle, Mediterranean sage, Yellow Starthistle, spotted knapweed, Musk Thistle, Russian Knapweed, and Canada Thistle from Lassen County. |
| Antelope Valley RCD Los Angeles Debra Gillis |
Honey Lake Valley Weed Management Area Proposal: To control and limit the spread of non-native Euphorbia terracina in coastal sage scrub, riparian, and urban forested areas within the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County. |
| Madera County Agriculture Commissioner Madera County Jay Seslowe |
Madera County Weed Management Area Proposal and Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Program: Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Containment in the Sierra Mountains and the eastern foothills of Madera County, as well as to prevent its spread into the adjacent private, county, state and Federal lands, especially the Yosemite National Park from Madera County public road shoulders. |
| Mendocino Agriculture Mendocino County Jennifer Krauss |
Mendocino County Weed Management Area Proposal: – Preventing the spread of Caspar gorse into currently uninfested forests, including Jackson Demonstration State Forest, forested lands of California State Parks, the urban forests on residential private property and the extensive private timberlands of Mendocino County. – Invasive Weeds in Bulldozer Lines from the 2008 Mendocino County Lightning Complex: survey and treatment on private timberlands and forested areas of rural residential property to preserve fire lines. |
| Modoc County Agriculture Commissioner Modoc County Susan Philpott |
Modoc County Weed Management Area Proposal: Weed Management Area Crews to work largely with private landowners on treatment and eradication of perennial pepperweed , Yellow Starthistle, dalmatian toadflax, Scotch thistle, Halogeton, and squarrose knapweed, as well as Leafy Spurge, spotted and diffuse knapweeds, yellowspine thistle, Musk Thistle, plumeless thistle, perennial sowthistle, and others. |
| Monterey RCD Monterey County Paull Robbins |
Monterey County Resource Conservation District Weed Management Area Proposal: Cape Ivy (Delairea odorata) Control. To remove its negative impacts on habitat for several special status animal species and degraded forest structure within the three distinct riparian forest communities considered special community types by the California Native Diversity Data Base (CNDDB): Monterey pine forest, Central Coast Cottonwood – Sycamore Riparian Forest, Central Coast Arroyo Willow Riparian Forest, and Riparian Redwood Forest. |
| Nevada County Ag Commissioner Nevada County Ed King |
Nevada County Weed Management Area Proposal and Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Program: To control Musk Thistle and other noxious weeds, notably Spotted knapweed, Diffuse Knapweed, Scotch thistle, Perennial Pepperweed , Hoary Cress and Yellow Starthistle that infest upland forests with mixed conifer (Ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine, Lodgepole pine) and riparian forested lands (willow, alder) along the Truckee River and tributaries, forestlands in Bear Valley, Tahoe Donner, the Truckee River canyon and western Nevada County oak forests. |
| Placer Agriculture Commissioner Placer County Keith Kohler |
Placer County Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Program: Intensive detection, control and monitoring efforts along I-80 and east of the Foresthill area to keep Yellow Starthistle (YST) out of the Sierras. |
| Placer RCD
Placer County Katie Maloney |
Placer County Resource Conservation District and Dry Creek Watershed Red Sesbania Control Program: Control of the invasive weed Red Sesbania that occupy low floodplains and high terraces in willow and cottonwood dominated riparian forests (Valley Foothill Riparian: generally includes cottonwood, valley oak and California sycamore) and also clogs flood channels and impedes flood flows. Also to control Red Sesbania in surrounding grasslands and oak woodlands, such as Hansen Ranch, at the lower end of Dry Creek and the flood plain. |
| Plumas Sierra Plumas & Sierra Counties Melissa Nesbit |
Plumas/Sierra Counties Weed Management Area Proposal:
Controlling and eradicating A/B rated weeds in Plumas and Sierra Counties, including but not limited to: Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica); Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa); Dyer’s woad (Isatis tinctoria); Musk thistle (Carduus nutans); Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea); Scotch thistle ( Onopordum acanthium); Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) in known weed sites in Plumas and Sierra Counties. |
| Sierra RCD Sierra Mountains Western Fresno Charles (Toby) Horst |
Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Program:
Contain the leading edge of the non-native highly invasive weed, Yellow Starthistle, in the Sierra Mountains and the western foothills of Fresno County. To prevent its spread into the adjacent private, county, state and Federal lands, especially the Sierra and Sequoia National Forest and the Kings Canyon National Park from Fresno County public road shoulders. |
| UC Cooperative Extension Amador – Tuolumne Eastern portion of Amador and Tuolmne Counties Scott Oneto |
Detection and Mapping of Yellow Starthistle along the Eastern Leading Edge of the Sierra Nevada Foothills in Amador and Tuolumne Counties:
Through additional documentation and monitoring, develop a clear definition of the eastern edge to keep the population from further spreading and threatening private and public lands |
| UC Cooperative Extension Sierra Nevada Foothills Wendy West |
Stop-the-Spread of Yellow Starthistle into the Sierra Nevada Mountains Regional Coordination and Outreach:
Controlling Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea soltitialis) and stopping the spread at the eastern leading edge in the Sierra Nevada foothills thereby protecting 12.9 million acres of forested lands, including wildlife habitat, timber production, habitat for endangered and threatened plant and animal species, and the unique recreational assets of the Sierra Nevadas. |
| Western Shasta RCD Shasta County Mary E. Mitchell |
Weed Management Area Proposal:
– To eradicate, contain and control identified invasive species on high-value sites along segments of the Highway 299 corridor between Redding and Burnt Ranch in the first stage of a three-stage project on private and state lands. – To eradicate the largest concentration of Arundo donax in Shasta County. – To expand identification and eradication of Arundo and Tamarisk into previously un-surveyed upstream areas of the North Fork of Cottonwood Creek to stop the current spread of these noxious weeds into non-infested downstream areas and ultimately into the Sacramento River |
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