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.

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.

Date to be determined-Steering Committee (MOU signers) will meet in September (to be determined) to review and finalize VC WMA Strategic Plan: DRAFT VCWMA_Strategic_Plan_09082026

Date to be determined-VC WMA will meet (October/November) with the Los Angeles County Weed Management Area to review the South Coast Region Early Detection Rapid Response Weed List-For more information see cal-ipc.org

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:

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)