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Cal-IPC Awards

San Diego Awards
Nelroy Jackson received the Jake Sigg Award for Vision and Service at the 2007 Symposium in San Diego.
Photo: Bob Case

2008 Nominations Due August 1.

Each year, Cal-IPC honors members who have shown exceptional dedication and creativity in protecting California's wildlands from invasive plants. Honorees receive their awards at the Symposium. If you know someone who deserves one of our four awards, please follow the instructions below to submit a nomination.

Jake Sigg Award for Vision and Dedicated Service

For years of tireless service and leadership on invasive plant issues in California.

  • 2003: Jake Sigg, California Native Plant Society
  • 2004: Mike Kelly, Friends of Los Penasquitos
  • 2005: Carla Bossard, St. Mary's College of California
  • 2006: Greg Archbald
  • 2007: Nelroy Jackson

Golden Weed Wrench Award for Land Manager of the Year

For a land manager who has developed innovative programs for on-the-ground work.

  • 2003: Andrea Pickart, Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge
  • 2004: Ken Moore, Wildlands Restoration Team
  • 2005: Susan Mason, Friends of Bidwell Park
  • 2006: John Watson, Cache Creek Conservancy
  • 2007: Bruce Delgado, Bureau of Land Management - Fort Ord

Wildland Weeds Catalyst Award

For spearheading actions or creating partnerships that have made progress in removing invasive plants.

  • 2003: Carolyn Martus, San Diego CNPS, for contacting WalMart about pampas grass
  • 2004: Nicholas Staddon, Monrovia Nursery, for partnering on "Don't Plant a Pest!" development
  • 2005: Frank Wallace, Sacramento Weed Warriors, for getting the community out to work
  • 2006: Sharon Farrell, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and Maria Alvarez, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, for years of getting the Bay Area to volunteer
  • 2007: Richard Zembal, Santa Ana Watershed Association, for years of work promoting funding for arundo control

Invasive Plants Policy Award

For support of legislative policies that address invasive plants.

  • 2003: Kevin O'Neill, Office of Assembly Member Tim Leslie, for creating the Adopt-A-Riverway program to fund weed control.
  • 2004: Wendy West, El Dorado County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, for inventing and organizing California Invasive Weed Awareness Day at the Capitol
  • 2005: Assembly Member Lois Wolk, for her efforts to strengthen interagency coordination through creation of an invasive species council (AB 2631).
  • 2006: Andrea Fox, California Farm Bureau Federation, Assembly Member Dave Cogdill, and his Legislative Director Erin Guerrero, for their work on behalf of WMA funding (AB 2479).
  • 2007: Robert Falconer, California Association of Nurseries & Garden Centers, for his leadership in working to prevent horticultural introduction of invasive plants

To Submit an Award Nomination

Submit a short description of the nominee's achievements to Jennifer Erskine Ogden, jaerskine@ucdavis.edu, by August 1.


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