General contacts:

Becca Reynolds, Ventura County Resource Conservation District

becca.reynolds@vcrcd.org (805) 764-5130

John Beall Ventura County Agriculture/Weights & Measures

john.beall@venturacounty.gov/805-665-773

Formed: 2005 to 2014. Reformed in Fall of 2019-Continuous

Meetings: Quarterly-In Person/Zoom Meetings (currently not set dates) includes a program (speaker/presentation), participants sharing information on weed projects they are working on.

Goals/Mission: The VCWMA partners learn and collaborate with each other to manage invasive weeds in Ventura County. The VCWMA is committed to improving the economic and environmental health of Ventura County and utilizing integrated management to minimize the negative impacts of noxious weeds.  VCWMA promotes, coordinates, works on and funds activities that prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread of noxious weeds in Ventura County.

Strategic Plan-The Strategic Plan has been sent to the VCWMA Steering Committee (groups that have signed the MOU) for review and final approval or to set up a meeting to further revise.

Website for VCWMA: The New Website is being constructed by the Ventura County Resource Conservation District: for more information contact Becca Reynolds.

Future Ventura County Weed Management Area Meetings 

Contact Becca Reynolds or John Beall if you want to be added to our email list for meetings.

NEXT VCWMA MEETING

Wednesday September 23rd 2026 1:00 to 2:30 pm

Joint meeting with Los Angeles WMA at Arcadia/TEAMs

Ventura County Weed Management Area will join with our South Coast Regional partner, the Los Angeles Weed Management Area in meeting (in person/TEAMS) on September 23^rd from 1pm to 2:30pm to review and prioritize invasive Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) weeds in our two counties.  The hybrid meeting will be hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures located at 12300 Lower Azusa Rd, Arcadia-in the Butterfly Room-contact Rachel Burnap  RBurnap@acwm.lacounty.gov for more information.

EDRR or early detection and rapid response is an approach of addressing new problem species before they become widespread. Working on EDRR target species is one of the most effective ways to reduce the impact of invasive plants. EDRR addresses invasive plants “early on the invasion curve” during the window of opportunity when containment, even eradication, remain viable and cost-effective options.  The South Coast Region weed EDRR priority list is a non-binding list helpful for Weed Management Areas to get an overall picture of the constantly changing distribution of EDRR invasive weeds in our two-county area.    Please see attached spreadsheets from Cal-IPC for examples of what we will review. Also, feel free to bring your own list for EDRR target species. Your knowledge of weed distribution is critical to the discussion because iNaturalist and Calflora may not give a complete picture of distribution of all invasive weeds.  Cal-IPC staff member Nicole Valentine will explain the EDRR weed prioritization process and facilitate the periodic revision (last done in 2023) of our South Coast Region list.

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PAST Ventura County Weed Management Area Meetings

Contact John Beall for past VCWMA meeting summaries/presentation-pdfs or recordings if available.

Summary/Recording VCWMA Meeting -Thursday, August 13th, 2026, 10AM to 1pm 

1)Introductions

2)Review Open Discussion Arundo in Ventura County-Civil Grand Jury Recommendations

3) Strategic Plan-Review- Approval by Steering Committee

4) VCWMA Website  https://vcwma.org/  Under Construction

5) Follow-up/Future Meetings-

Sub Group meet to make revisions on Strategic Plan

Steering Committee (MOU signers) meet after sub group makes revisions

8/13/26-VCWMA Meeting Recording

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/QmnfG2-Gmda-56FfZ7krxjfRqN_HJXyAO07jTk-ng_JrDeLbUhwSlOYbvKCHc9E.1HEhRdkS2FQHBw6v

December 11^th Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting -Basic CALFLORA Training -Pete Frye

Pete Frye has a background in database design and spent years managing large vegetation datasets with a team using Calflora tools.  He has decades of experience in habitat restoration and worked as a Resource Specialist with Marin County Parks.  Pete was involved in the design of Calflora Weed Manager, an advanced system used to map, track weed treatments and create customized reports on invasive plant infestations.

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/PnQWHTkqd493Pkag60a9GZoDwXYMKskn_e_kQbwnzhj6l7cwDfepxRNcdXqr9JV6.NafXHiJGw5e3Yj6-

CALFLORA HELP:

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Youtube Video for iOS:

https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJwk5WDnnk___.YzJ1OmNvdmF2YW5hbjpjOm86NTNjZDEyODk2ZjJiMmMxZDgzYzMzNDMxY2E4ODI0MTI6NzpkZGM3OmE0N2E5YjYzYjE5NTYzNzI2N2QxMjM5ZmZmMzRkNWE0OWVkZjExYWJmMzllMDdmNmViNjg1MWQ4NDBiODJjNWM6cDpUOk4

Youtube Video for Android:

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