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Weed Management Areas: Assembly Bill 1168

Conditions and Guidelines for Distributing Funds Authorized by
Assembly Bill 1168 - Integrated Pest Control Branch
November, 5, 1999

The AB1168 Funds are intended to supplement existing budgets in WMA collaborations and initiate, as pilots, cooperative on-the-ground weed control projects. Priorities for target species will be determined by the local WMA, with the exception that yellow starthistle prevention and control, and A-rated weeds are included as Statewide priorities for all counties with these weeds.1999/2000 Pilot and New WMA Organization Phase - Money is mainly allocated to WMAs, via the County Agricultural Commissioner, which have an existing organizational structure to implement one or more pilot control/eradication projects and finish completing the WMA Basic Requirements. WMAs will quickly submit work plans for these projects. Pilot projects must be supported by a cash or in-kind funding match. WMAs that are in early formation, seed money is provided for costs associated with organization, education, and limited implementation.2000/2001 Action Based Grants and Continued Pilot Phase - WMAs that received money for pilot projects the previous year will now submit proposals for action based grants. These grants will be awarded based on likelihood of success, size of cost share, and geographical consideration. They may be for one or two years.For WMAs that only received organizational monies in the previous year, if there is now existing organizational structure to implement one or more pilot control/eradication projects they will also be able to submit action based grant applications Pilot projects must be supported by a cash or in-kind funding match.For WMAs that are new or forming, seed money is provided for costs associated with organization, education, and limited implementation.2001/2002 Continued Action Based Grants- Action based grants that were awarded on a two year basis will be continued if the WMA is accomplishing the action plan. If there are additional monies that are not encumbered, Grant applications will be requested from all WMAs.

Basic Requirements

1. Send representative to all day WMA statewide meeting and encourage participation at by WMA leadership at two 4 hour regional meetings per year.
2. Provide information on WMA to CDFA for statewide WMA Web site.(e.g. contact person, minutes, agendas, MOU, membership list, etcetera)
3. Identify discreet weed control projects in the county for CalWEED database. Fill out 3 page form for each project.
4. Beginning 2000/2001 Submit a yearly report by January 31 on previous year's accomplishments; so that CDFA can compile the Statewide report by April 30 for the Legislature.
5. Conduct a yearly A-rated weed, and general detection, training session with a CDFA District Weed Biologist or County Agricultural Dept. personnel.
6. Form 5 separate or joint subcommittees as described below. Subcommittees that must be formed as part of the Basic Requirements:

   I. Funding/Finance/Reporting and Evaluation of program effectiveness
   II. Strategic Planning and MOU
   III. Mapping/Inventory
   IV. Education/Outreach
   V. Project Coordination (on-the-ground control)

I. Funding/Finance/Reporting and Evaluation Committee
Document cost share match by creating a report on each agency's weed control budget (this will be very important information for statewide planning purposes also). The report should break down the agency budget into a few broad categories. (such as: staff, materials, overhead, equipment, etc.)

Keep an accounting for uses of AB1168 monies detailing how monies are spent.

Prepare a year end report following a CDFA defined format. This report will include:

1. Summary of WMA meeting and activities
2. Summary fiscal report
3. List of program accomplishments
4. Quantified measures of:
   1. # of person hours for WMA activities
   2. # of acres treated
   3. # of populations treated
   4. success of treatments
   5. # of populations eradicated
   6. area of populations eradicated
   7. Area mapped or surveyed
   8. Education and outreach activity summary
   9. Strategic and focused-area management plans

II. Strategic Planning Committee
Hold a strategic planning session. Survey WMA members for a priority list of noxious weeds- compile into a priority list of most common problem weeds across agencies. Prioritize weeds, keeping a balance between WMA members specific concerns.

With help from CDFA, University of California and other experts, put together a general strategy guide of weed control options/control for the weeds in the county and the weed biologies. (CDFA, UC will supply much of this as boiler-plate modules)

III. Mapping/Inventory Committee
Begin a mapping program for top priority weeds either by township, section or fine-grained depending on abundance. This mapping program should review and contribute to the CDFA "A" -rated Noxious Weed Inventory. If the WMA is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada the WMA must participate in the CDFA-CALTRANS Cooperative Yellow Starthistle Mapping Project.

If GIS is present in WMA, the group may consult with CDFA on creating a noxious weed GIS program.3. If GIS is not present, begin mapping on to paper maps/mylar in consultation with CDFA GIS Group.

IV. Education/Outreach Committee
In coordination with neighboring WMAs and statewide weed education alliances (CalEPPC, CINWCC, CDFA, UCCE, NRCS, CNPS, etc.), each WMA, shall put together an education and awareness plan which focuses on educational needs such as: Prevention, Detection, Control Methods, Weed Biology/Identification, and Economic and Environmental Impacts.Examples for elements of the plan include, but are not limited to: weed brochures, poster/exhibit display, field tours, mini-symposia, news media contacts, County Board of Supervisors presentation, videos, K-12 projects, public library weed resource shelf, weed-week, regional newsletter, weed-pulls, highway signs, etcetera.

V. Project Coordination (on-the-ground control)
This committee will use the Strategic Plan to put together (or identify pre-existing) a small set of pilot control projects which control or eradicate one or two high priority weeds. These pilots hopefully will be cooperative projects which combine AB1168 monies with matching funds and in-kind service and be comprised of multiple ownerships and lead to long-term weed solutions. Projects that act both as demonstration of control techniques, but also deal with high-priority populations are desirable. This committee must work closely with other committees in preparing the annual plan.