Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area

Education and Outreach Brief Presentation

• Action Item (Approval): the MCWMA should become a member of MCCET at an annual cost of $120. Benefits are described [ here]
• Accomplishments
  1. Anderson Valley public meeting held February 22, 2006, with attendance of 5 locals;
  2. MCWMA website updated to include an About Us page, with a list of partners, chat room and online newsletters, an Invasive Plant Management page, with news, pages for each of our workgroups, and management resources including literature abstracts (donated), and updates to the Spanish-language version of the website (donated). Our website is now listed with Google.
  3. Outreach to several individuals and organizations initiated through mailings of brochures and the MOA, in conjunction with the public meetings in Anderson Valley and Fort Bragg. Results, so far, of this outreach are one new partner (Anderson Valley Nursery) and two prospective partners or associates (Galbreath Preserve, Shoreline Cottages).
  4. Education and Outreach Workgroup meeting held February 14, 2006 ;
     • Final Draft of Education Element of Strategic Plan completed ;
     • Table for matching target audience and venue, and prioritization of educational materials in progress.
     • Next Education and Outreach Workgroup meeting to be determined.
• Plans
  1. Letters of Invitation to join MCWMA will be mailed to stakeholders in the Caspar, Mendocino and Gualala regions.
     The Memorandum of Agreement and contact information for the local Point-of-Contact will be included in the mailing.
  2. All MCWMA meetings will be announced in the coastal newspapers, on radio and on the website.
  3. Flyers will be posted on community bulletin boards for public meetings only.
  4. Fort Bragg public meeting to be held on Wednesday, March 15, 6:30-8:30 PM at the College of the Redwoods.
  5. MCWMA materials will be available at the Environmental Dinner at Russian Gulch on March 20.
  6. An MCWMA table will be out at the Anderson Valley Wildflower Show, April 29, 30, 2006.
  7. MCWMA does not have plans for an Earth Day event this year.
• Needs (if you can assist with any of these items, please contact Tara Athan at coord@mcwma.org)
  1. Photos and locations of local examples of the species on the roadside survey form.
  2. Photo Gallery on website with list of photos needed.
  3. Names of stakeholders for mailing list of letter of invitation to join MCWMA.
  4. Additional content for website, especially news.
  5. Editing of Spanish-language version of website.
  6. Online forms for entering weed distribution and treatment information.