Source: California Invasive Plant Council
URL of this page: http://www.cal-ipc.org/fieldcourses/index.php
Wildland Weed Field Courses
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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. And for 2008, we are able to offer discounted rates for restoration volunteers! We are now in our fourth year of offering field courses - learn more about our past courses.
2008 Field Courses
In 2008, we are offering courses on four topics:
• Know your Wildland Weeds: Biology and Identification New!
• Know your Tools: Control Methods for Wildland Weeds
• Wildland Weed Mapping
• Revegetation for Wildland Weed Projects New!
Calendar
Santa Barbara - Sedgwick Reserve
April 21 – Biology & Identification
April 22 – Control Methods
Tahoe - Lake Tahoe Community College and Demonstration Garden
May 28 - Biology & Identification
May 29 - Control Methods
San Diego - Mission Trails Regional Park
June 6 - Biology & Identification
June 7 - Control Methods
Berkeley - Tilden Regional Park
July 23 - Biology & Identification
July 24 - Control Methods
Chico - Bidwell Park
October 1 – Revegetation
Oakland- Trudeau Training Center
November 6 - Mapping
Registration for this course is now open.
Costs and Registration
Regular fees are $125 (Cal-IPC member)/$145 (Non-member) per course for professionals. This year we are able to offer a discounted rate of $35 per course for restoration volunteers, thanks to special funding. All courses include lunch, snacks and a reference binder. We have received 6.0 hours of "Other" DPR continuing education credits for all Biology & Identification courses, 6.5 hours of "Other" DPR continuing education credits for all Control Methods courses, and have applied for DPR continuing education creidts for all other course. Registration is taken on a space-available basis. Pre-registration is required, as we are not able to handle any payments on the day of the course.
2008 Course Details
Redding Field Course, 2007
Santa Barbara
April 21 – Biology & Identification
April 22 – Control Methods
Site
Santa Barbara courses will be held at the 5,883-acre Sedgwick Reserve, which includes remarkably diverse vegetation: coast live oak forest, blue oak woodland, valley oak savannah, ceanothus chaparral, coastal sage scrub, grassland, willow riparian forest, and agricultural lands.
Register | Sedgwick Reserve | Directions
Instructors
Featured instructors include Tom Dudley, UCSB; Mary Carroll, consultant; Darlene Chirman, Darlene Chirman Biological Consulting; and Ken Moore, Wildlands Restoration Team; and others.
Lodging
Limited camping, bunkhouse beds and tent cabin beds are available at Sedgwick Reserve. Facilities are rustic. Contact David Chang for more information. A limited number of hotel rooms at a reduced rate have been reserved at the Royal Scandinavian Inn in Solvang. Contact the Royal Scandinavian Inn directly, prior to April 4, and mention “Cal-IPC Field Course” to receive the reduced rate.
Tahoe
May 28 - Biology & Identification
May 29 - Control Methods
Site
Lake Tahoe courses will be held at the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden on the college's 164-acre wooded campus in South Lake Tahoe. The Biology and Identification Course is free to members of the Lake Tahoe Basin Weed Coordinating Group.
Register | Lake Tahoe Community College | Directions
Instructors
Featured instructors include Joe DiTomaso, UC Davis; Carri Pirosko, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture; Ken Moore, Wildlands Restoration Team; Scott Oneto, UC Cooperative Extesion; Sue Donaldson, University of Nevada Reno; Lincoln Smith, USDA-Agricultural Research Services and others.
Lodging
A range of lodging is available near the field course site. More info...
South Bay Field Course, 2007
San Diego
June 6 - Biology & Identification
June 7 - Control Methods
- Course Flyer (pdf)
Site
San Diego courses will be held at Mission Trails Regional Park, one of the largest urban parks in the United States, including 5,800 acres of natural and developed recreational areas.
Register | Mission Trails Regional Park | Directions
Instructors
Featured instructors include Carl Bell, University of California Cooperative Extension, Mike Kelly, Friends of Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, and Darren Smith, CA Department of Parks and Recreation; and others.
Lodging
A range of lodging is available near the field course site. More info...
Berkeley
July 23 - Biology & Identification
July 24 - Control Methods
- Course Flyer (pdf)
Site
Berkeley courses will be held at the Brazil Room in 2,079 acre Tilden Park, located in the Berkeley hills. Our site is adjacent to the East Bay Regional Parks District Botanic Garden, featuring California natives exclusively.
Register | Tilden Park | Directions
Instructors
Featured instructors include Joe DiTomaso, UC Davis, Ken Moore, Wildlands Restoration Team, Mark Heath, Shelterbelt; and others.
Lodging
A range of lodging is available near the field course site. More info...
Paramount Ranch Field Course, 2007
Chico
October 1 – Revegetation
Site
Chico, Chico Grange and TNC's Sunset Ranch.
Symposium attendees receive discounted registration. You may also register for this course without attending the Symposium.
More on the Symposium| Register with Symposium |
Instructors
Featured instructors include Jack Alderson, Natural Resource Conservation Service; John Anderson, Hedgerow Farms; Ryan Luster, The Nature Conservancy; and others.
Lodging
Lodging will be coordinated in conjunction with the Cal-IPC Symposium. See Symposium hotels...
Oakland
Thank you for your interest, registration for this course is full.
November 6 - Mapping
- Course Flyer (pdf)
Site
Our Oakland mapping course will be held at the East Bay Regional Park District's Trudeau Center in Redwood Regional Park. Redwood Regional Park is a hidden redwood forest overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area.
Instructors
Featured instructors include Colleen Murphy, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Ingrid Hogle, Invasive Spartina Project; Brian Fulfrost, Design, Community & Environment; Jodi McGraw, Population and Community Ecologist and other local experts.
Lodging
A range of lodging is available near the field course site. More info...
E-mail Heather Brady with any questions on 2008 field courses.
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