Outreach Summary:

   Publications

• Noxious Weeds, A Serious Threat to Shasta County’s Resources
• 1,800 copies of three posters distributed throughout county (Terrible Thistles, Big Bad Brooms, and Nasty Knapweeds)

   Events

• Informative talks given as needed and as requested.

   Media

• Color insert published by U.S. Forest Service and distributed through local paper.

Project Highlights:

   Highway 299 broom removal

• In partnership with PG&E, CalTrans, and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Shasta WMA treated invasive broom species along Highway 299. The project area has been maintained by numerous follow-up treatments.

   Fall River perennial pepperweed treatment

• In a continuing project, Shasta WMA is treating 1,200 acres of perennial pepperweed along Fall River, in eastern Shasta County. Project partners include PG&E, UC Cooperative Extension, and Shasta County Department of Agriculture.

   Stillwater Creek Arundo removal

• Shasta WMA has begun a new project, in partnership with the Western Shasta RCD, to remove Arundo donax (giant reed) along Stillwater Creek.

Organizations on WMA’s MOU

• Bureau of Land Management – Eagle Lake and Carson City  District Offices
• Bureau of Land Management
• California Department of Fish and Game
• California State Parks
• Fall River Resource Conservation District
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• Private timber companies
• Shasta County
• Shasta County Cattlemen’s Association
• Shasta County Farm Bureau
• UC Cooperative Extension
• US Forest Service
• Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
• Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Other regular participants

• California Department of Food and Agriculture
• California Department of Transportation
• Pacific Gas and Electric Company