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Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Resource Page

Save the date! "People-Powered Projects: The National Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Conference" will be held April 15-17, 2008, in Reno, NV. Representatives from all 50 states will gather to focus on CWMA funding and logistics, working with volunteers, EDRR, awareness and outreach, and state and national initiatives. The conference will conclude with an all-day field trip to sites in the Reno area.

Cooperative Weed Management Areas mobilize communities to prevent and manage invasive plants and to support healthy ecosystems. Join CWMA workers, land managers, and concerned citizens in a national conference to learn from each other, improve approaches to CWMA organization and management, and increase support for CWMAs across the United States.

The event is organized by the Center for Invasive Plant Management and co-hosted by organizations from across the U.S. For more information, visit http://www.weedcenter.org/CWMAconf/cwma_conf.htm .

To register visit https://rn02.msu.montana.edu/cs/cwma/.

There are travel funds available to send representatives from the Midwest (IN, IL, IA, MI, MO, MN, OH, and WI only) to the conference!  Applications for travel funds (Download) are due Feb. 22.

Learn what a CWMA is, the steps for creating one, and look at examples of CWMAs around the country by downloading the "Cookbook" and PowerPoint slide show below:

 

Other CWMA Resources:

Download the Word file for Information on State Invasive Species Laws, Agencies, and Resources for the Eastern region of the U.S.

Samples of Documents from CWMAs:

- Hold Harmless Agreement

- Adirondack Park Weed Management Area Cooperative Agreement

- Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

- Project Summary - Establishment of a Long Island Weed Management Area

- Lake - McHenry County, Illinois, Weed Management Area (LMCWMA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

- Annual Operating Plan - from Northwoods CWMA (www.northwoodscwma.org/)

Global Species Initiative - http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/ - The Nature Conservancy projects and success stories from around the country; photo archive; planning strategies, control methods.

Center for Invasive Plant Management - http://www.weedcenter.org

Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) Invasives Prevention - http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/invasives/

 

Federal Funding Opportunities:

National Invasive Species Information Center. Provides a comprehensive gateway to invasive species information and links to many funding opportunities:

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/toolkit/grantsrequests.shtml

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Pulling Together Initiative.  Provides support for the formation of CWMAs. 

http://www.nfwf.org/programs/pti.cfm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Private Stewardship Grants.  Provides grants to individuals and groups engaged in conservation efforts that benefit at-risk species.

 

U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service – Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). 

Provide funding for a variety of conservation actions. 

 

Other Funding Opportunities:

2007 BASF INVASIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM

BASF provides matching grants for public and private integrated vegetation management programs.   To qualify for a matching grant, weed managers must be using herbicides as part of weed control initiatives and must use the BASF funding for application. Both aquatic and terrestrial spray applications are eligible for funding, and working with QVM Certified Applicators and QVM Certified advisors is highly encouraged.

Submission Deadline: Must be received by Thursday, July 12, 5:00 PM CST

For more information and submisssion forms go to:

http://www.vmanswers.com/content.aspx?mid=0&pid=1141

 

 

Links to CWMAs:

Midwest

http://www.northwoodscwma.org - Northwoods CWMA, northern Wisconsin

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/ottawa/forest_management/botany/cwpma_site/index.htm - Western Upper Peninsula CWMA, Michigan

Leafy spurge fact sheet - prepared by the Lake - McHenry County CWMA - includes phone numbers to call to report leafy spurge in those counties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in sharing information about your work in a CWMA, please contact us at Info@MIPN.org.

 

 

For more information, contact MIPN at Info@MIPN.org