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Wildland Weed Field Courses

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. Click here to learn more about our past courses.

In 2013, Cal-IPC will offer one field course, a Pre-Symposium Field Course on October 2 in the San Bernardino Mountains.
More information to come in early summer.

Become a Cal-IPC Trained Wildland Manager!

Due to funding cuts, we are offering only one course in 2013. We hope to offer more courses in the future.

Complete our 5-course series on invasive plant management:

    1. Strategic Approaches
    2. Biology and Identification
    3. Wildland Weed Mapping
    4. Control Methods
    5. Plus one elective course OR 4 half-day Cal-IPC Sponsored Habitat Restoration Workdays.

Earn your Cal-IPC Wildland Manager Certificate and boost your qualifications for jobs, funding, and contracts.

E-mail Heather DeQuincy with questions about your status toward becoming a Cal-IPC Trained Wildland Manager.

Costs and Registration

Regular fees are $155 (Cal-IPC member)/$175 (Non-member) per course. We offer a discounted rate of $55 per course for restoration volunteers, thanks to special grant funding. You qualify as a "restoration volunteer" if weed management is not part of your professional work and you volunteer for an organized restoration effort.

All courses include lunch, snacks and reference material. We have applied to receive "Other" DPR continuing education credits for all courses. Pre-registration is required, as we are not able to handle payments on the day of the course.

Habitat Restoration Workdays

Gain hands-on field experience controlling invasive plants while working towards your Cal-IPC Trained Wildland Manager Certificate. These workdays will discuss the theory behind various invasive plant control techniques and allow participants to practice these techniques under expert guidance. Cal-IPC Sponsored Habitat Restoration Workdays are half-day events that are designed to be both learning and volunteer opportunities.

Antioch, Contra Costa County:
Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Date
Saturday, April 20 - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Site and Activities
The Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge was the first national wildlife refuge in the country established to protect endangered plants and insects. The refuge and a few surrounding acres contain most of the remaining habitat for three endangered species, and are all that remain of a nine kilometer stretch of sand dunes that formed during glaciation periods. Because of its unique habitat the refuge is closed to the public, making volunteer opportunities even more coveted. The workday will include a history of the property, information about working with Safe Harbor Agreements and invasive plant control techniques. This workday will be on PG&E property adjacent to the Refuge.

Partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and members of the Alameda-Contra Costa County Weed Management Area. For more info about this partnership and the connection to noxious weeds and their detrimental effects to sensitive species, see our 2012 Winter Newsletter.

Registration for this workday is free and open to the public, please use the registration link below so we know how many people to expect. Please bring a bag lunch. We will break for lunch on the beach.

Register | Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Directions: 1551 Wilbur Ave., Antioch, CA. Meet on Wilbur Ave. approximately 1/3 mile east of Minaker Dr. Look for PG&E signs and construction cones which will mark the entrance for parking.

Training Videos - NEW!

Cal-IPC, in partnership with the National Park Service's California Exotic Plant Managmement Team, presents training videos straight from our 2009 Field Course, Advanced Herbicide Control Methods. Click here to see them.

For videos produced by other organizations, click here.

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E-mail Heather DeQuincy with questions about Field Courses and Habitat Restoration Workdays.