Outreach Summary:

   Publications

• Butte County Weed Management Area a noxious weed brochure

   Events

• Hosts a booth at the County Fair
• Attends Feather River Minders meetings and Farm City Weed events
• Give presentations to groups like the Firesafe Council

Project Highlights:

   Butte County weed mapping

• Digital GIS maps of high priority weeds have been created by the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office for all rated weeds in the county with the goal of tracking weed presence and guiding management decisions. Species documented include Arundo donax, Japanese dodder, spotted knapweed and skeleton weed.

   Arundo control at the Greylodge Wildlife Preserve

• In a project funded by the California Department of Water Resources through the Sonoma Ecology Center, the WMA has chemically treated and burned Arundo on 20-24 net acres of the California Department of Fish and Game Greylodge Wildlife Area.

   Purple loosestrife, Japanese dodder and yellow starthistle control

• Butte WMA has used a variety of treatment methods to control invasive plants throughout the county. Purple loosestrife has been treated with herbicides and hand removal, yellow starthistle has been treated with biocontrols, and Japanese dodder has been treated with plant removal and chemical treatment of the roots.

Organizations on WMA’s MOU

• Bureau of Land Management
• Butte County Board of Supervisors
• Butte County Cattleman’s Association
• Butte County Department of Agriculture
• Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation
• Butte County Department of Public Works
• Butte County Farm Bureau
• Butte County Fire/California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District
• California Department of Fish and Game
• California Department of Food and Agriculture
• California Department of Parks and Recreation
• California Department of Transportation
• California Department of Water Resources
• California Native Plant Society
• California State University Chico
• University of California Cooperative Extension, Butte County
• United States Forest Service, Plumas National Forest

Other regular participants

• American River Parkway Foundation
• California Native Plant Society
• Effie Yeaw Nature Center
• The Nature Conservancy
• Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
• Sacramento County Parks
• Weed Warriors of the American River Parkway