From: Chang, David
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:16
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Subject: [SBCWMA News] New newsletter
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Hello SBCWMA
Members:
New Email
Newsletter.
I receive news
and updates about grants and educational events for habitat restoration and
noxious weed control. I post these updates on the SBCWMA website.
Now, I will be sending these updates on an occassional basis, but not more
than monthly, to SBCWMA Members and Interested Persons.
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News
A new discussion
website, CalWeedJobs, has been created by Cal-IPC. The website can be
used to review, receive emails about, and post job announcements in the
field of natural resources, habitat restoration, and weed management. The
website is located at http://lists.topica.com/lists/calweedjobs
Volunteers
Needed
The Santa Cruz
Island Native Plant Restoration Project is looking for volunteers to help
control non-native invasive weeds on Santa Cruz Island. Lodging is
provided at the UCSB Island Reserve. Depending on the trip, boat
transportation to the island is free or a reduced fee is asked for to cover
transporation costs. The schedule for the first 3 months is as
follows:
Friday Jan 28
- Monday Jan 31 *
Friday Feb 11
- Monday Feb 14 *
Tuesday Feb
22 - Friday 2/25 (full)
Tuesday Mar 8
- Friday Mar 11 (with LACC)
Tuesday Apr
19 - Friday Mar 22 (with LACC)
* boat transport is
free
Crews from the Los
Angeles Conservation Corps will join us on a few trips. Those trips marked
"with LACC" are mostly full, but a couple of spots are available. For more
information or to volunteer, contact Ken Owen, (805) 448-5726, islands@rain.org, or visit the project's
website at www.channelislandsrestoration.com/sci
.
The Arroyo Hondo
Preserve has regularly scheduled volunteer days for trail and habitat
restoration work. The next work day is Saturday, January 15th, to help
rebuild trails. Contact Jane Murray at (805) 684-4405, volunteer@sblandtrust.org, for more
information.
Grants
*** The
Wetland Recovery Project's RFP for our 2005 Small Grant Program is now
posted on the WRP's new website - www.scwrp.org, under "What's
New". The due date for Small Grant Proposals is 11 March
2005.
*** The Center for Invasive Plant Management (CIPM) has
announced the availability of grants up to $5,000 for
Cooperative Weed Management Areas in the western U.S. Deadline for
online application is March 4, 2005. This year CIPM’s CWMA grant program will
focus on restoration/reclamation/revegetation of invasive-plant-dominated
lands. For more information, see http://www.weedcenter.org/weed_mgmt_areas/wma_grants.htm.
*** The Department of Water Resources has $4.575 million in Prop 40
funds available for grants in Fiscal Year 2004-2005. DWR is soliciting
applications for these funds from communities with stream restoration needs. The
grant cap is $1 million per project. In past years, the average grant award has
been approximately $350,000. The application deadline for this grant cycle is 4
pm on Tuesday, January 25, 2005. Visit http://www.watershedrestoration.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/appcycle/index.cfm for
more information
*** The California Department
of Food and Agriculture is requesting work plans to implement noxious weed
control projects in northern and central California. (Counties excluded, due to previous funding already provided to this
region, include: San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, Ventura, San
Bernardino.) Funding available
($272,380) comes from the US Forest Service and is addressing the prevention, early detection, and eradication of
noxious weed populations on non-federal public and private lands near forested
lands (including USFS lands) in California. Proposed projects must be
on state, county or private lands, near forested or range lands. Proposals
are due on February 28, 2005 For more
information contact Steve Schoenig, sschoenig@cdfa.ca.gov, (916)-654-0768 or in Santa Barbara County contact David Chang, dchang@co.santa-barbara.ca.us,
(805) 681-5600
*** The Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
(WRP) is requesting proposals for acquisition, restoration, and enhancement
projects for coastal wetlands and watersheds in Southern California to be placed
on the Work Plan. Proposals are due February 1, 2005. Visit
www.scwrp.org for more
information.
Educational
Events
*** Symposium on Nitrogen Eutrophication in Xeric
Wildland and Agricultural Systems. Riverside, California. January
19-20, 2005. Contact the University of California, Riverside Extension at
951-827-5804 or email sciences@ucx.ucr.edu. (www.unex.ucr.edu)
*** Long Term Maintenance
of Restoration Sites. February 9, 2005. Winters, California.
Contact Yolo County RCD at 530-662-2037 x119 or mccloud@yolorcd.org
*** 2nd Invasive Weeds Day
at the Capitol. March 9, 2005. Sacramento, California.
*** 23rd Annual Salmonid
Restoration Conference. www.calsalmon.org March 20 - April 20,
2005. Fortuna, California.
*** Southern Calif Wetlands
Recovery Project Symposium. May 24 - 25, 2005
*** Invasive Plants in the
Mediterranean Type Regions of the World. www.ame-lr.org/workshop May 25 -
28, 2005. Montpelier, France.
Sincerely,
David Chang
Agricultural Commissioner's Office
263 Camino del Remedio
Santa Barbara CA 93110
(805) 681-5600
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