Firescaping  Brochure Now Available

The principles presented in the book Firescaping by Douglas Kent were adapted to the local climate of inland Mendocino County, with extra attention paid to avoiding invasive plants. These brochures will be available in local nurseries. A pdf version is available for [DOWNLOAD ].

Coordinator Comments Spring 2009

The Inland Mendocino Cooperative Weed Management Area is the younger of the two WMAs in Mendocino County, but this organization has gotten off to a rapid start, thanks to the example set by the Coast WMA. The Inland WMA has already been successful in obtaining grant funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and from CDFA, and has initiated on-the-ground work on red sesbania, broom and distaff thistle, in addition to some extensive prevention, education and outreach efforts.

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2010 CDFA Funding for WMAs

The funding is structured similarly to previous years- +$16,000 Baseline funding for each county, plus a competition for Supplemental funding, up to $50,000 for each county. Proposals are due to CDFA April 7, 2009