Ventura WMA

General contact: John Beall Ventura County Agriculture/Weights and Measures    john.beall@venturacounty.gov   805-665-7730

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

Meetings: Quarterly-In Person/Zoom Meetings include a program speaker/presentation, participants sharing information on weed projects they are working.  Our goal is to encourage attendees to learn and share with each other their Weed Management work in Ventura County.  We want to get to know each other and work cooperatively on weed management projects.

MOU-Available if your Ventura County Group is interested.

 

Next Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting 

Ventura County Weed Management Area

Meeting-Thursday, December 11th, 2025

1 to 4 pm (In Person/Zoom)

Ventura County Agriculture/Weights & Measures Office

555 Airport Way Suite E Camarillo (off Pleasant Valley Rd)

  • Introductions/Announcements
  • Wildflower & Weed Show (April 11th 2026) Update
  • Calflora Basic Training-Pete Frye (Calflora) 1:15 to 3:15
  • You are strongly recommended to be registered with calflora.org and have the Calflora app installed to take part in the training.

Instructions for registering and installing Calflora app.

CALFLORA HELP:

https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://www.calflora.org/entry/applications2.html?topknot=f%23smartphone___.YzJ1OmNvdmF2YW5hbjpjOm86NTNjZDEyODk2ZjJiMmMxZDgzYzMzNDMxY2E4ODI0MTI6NzpmYzI5OmFjM2E5ODViNmVjNWQ3NmY5MjJhMjc0OTM2OWIxNGRjM2Q5ZDUwZDk0ZjdhY2E4ZWRmNDU3NzIwODdjNGNlNGI6cDpUOk4

Youtube Video for iOS:

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Youtube Video for Android:

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Topic: Weed Management Area Meeting

Time: Dec 11, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85880640685?pwd=FCadphAz6xRzpMfd51Q9bY7su9wnkY.1

Meeting ID: 858 8064 0685

Passcode: 721829

One tap mobile

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Join instructions

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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.

 

Ventura County-Agriculture/Weights & Measures

555 Airport Way Suite E Camarillo (off Pleasant Valley Rd)

Regular Participants

  • Ventura County Department of Agriculture/Weights and Measure
  • Ventura Land Trust
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • University of California Cooperative Extension
  • California Native Plant Society Channel Islands
  • Caltrans
  • Ventura RCD
  • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
  • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area-National Park Service
  • Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency
  • Santa Clara River Conservancy
  • California State Parks
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture