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 their weed management work and  collaborate to remove invasive  plants in projects together.

 

Next Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting 

PICNIC IN THE WOODS
Summer of 2026  iNaturalist-Bioblitz Kickoff

Thursday, May 28th 2026 10am to 2pm

Los Padres National Forest-Mt Pinos Ranger District
CHUCHUPATE RANGER STATION
34580 LOCKWOOD VALLEY RD.
FRAZIER PARK, CA 93225

10 am–Introduction-Summer Bioblitz-Logan Mikus-USFS-Mt Pinos District
Native Plants to look for-Pam De Vries Author of Field Guide to the Plants of the San Emigdio Mountains Region of CA
Invasive Plants to look Out for /iNaturalist/Training  John Beall, County of Ventura Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Noon-Break for lunch (please bring your lunch)
12:30 pm-Walk in woods-Practice iNaturalist skills
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Logan.Mikus@usda.gov

A Bioblitz is a communal effort to record as many species as possible
within a designated area during a time period. Using the free
iNaturalist App anyone can participate as a bioblitz observer. By
joining the Bioblitz this summer in the Los Padres National Forest-
Mount Pinos District you will not only learn about the amazing native
plants in our forest, but also the invasive plants that threaten them.
You will also be supporting efforts by the United State Forest Service-
Mount Pinos District and the Ventura County Weed Management Area
in finding new locations of new (limited range) invasive weeds so they
can be removed before they spread throughout our forest.
TO JOIN IN THE BIOBLITZ YOU NEED
TO START BY GETTING THE (FREE)
INATURALIST APP
HTTPS://WWW.INATURALIST.ORG/

December 11^th Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting -Basic Calflora Training  Recording

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:

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

Youtube Video for iOS:

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

Youtube Video for Android:

https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXw3PUrecc___.YzJ1OmNvdmF2YW5hbjpjOm86NTNjZDEyODk2ZjJiMmMxZDgzYzMzNDMxY2E4ODI0MTI6NzpmZjQwOmE2Mjg2ODE1YzU2YTYzMzdlOWM1NGFiMGNkOWI4NDIxYjg1YTdlNTU0OWI1YjhjOGE2NWNmODk0Nzg3NDJmZDA6cDpUOk4

 

Ventura County-Agriculture/Weights & Measures

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