Montana Weed Control Association

Why Should You Care?

Invasive weeds are the greatest threat to Montana’s environment. When these invaders are allowed to invade and spread, they cause a reduction in wildlife forage, degrade fisheries through erosion and sediment buildup, reduce property values, and erode our beautiful viewsheds in Montana. Currently, Montana has approximately 7.6 million precious acres infested with state-listed noxious weeds, and several new and potentially devastating invaders knocking on the door at our borders.

Time to Register for the Annual Conferenc e

Hope to see you Great Falls.

The 55th MWCA Annual Conference is the state's largest conference devoted to education about noxious weeds and their managment efforts. This year's focus is on Integrated Weed Management. It is January 11 & 12 in Great Falls.

Visit the MWCA events page for complete details including the agenda, and information on registering. You can register online and pay with a credit card or request an invoice.

Hope to see you there.

We are very thankful to Dow AgroSciences and DuPont for their generous support of our 2012 annual conference. We still have sponsorships available for the breakfast sponsor, educational underwriters and social networking sponsors. Please check out our MWCA Events page for sponsorship levels for availability and details.

From the Director's Desk

Annual Conference

We hope to see you in January at the MWCA Annual conference. you can register by visiting our MWCA Events Page. The two days prior to the conference are pack with other meetings the revolve around noxious weeds. Monday, the 9th will be MDA Trust Fund Counil and MWCA Board of Director's meeting. Tuesday, the 10th there will be a Biocontrol Meeting, MWCA Area Councils will be meeting and registration will start. Wenesday, January 11th is the first day of the MWCA conference. It is packed with workshops, educational and vendor strands, the awards banquet and the popular Weed Fighter Olympiad. Thursday the format will give you six workshops to pick from.

MWCA Fundraiser

The MWCA raffle is our only large scale fundraiser. Won't you help out by buying or selling MWCA Raffle tickets. They are available from your county weed coordinators and MWCA Board members. We cannot sell tickets online, but if you contact our office or your county weed coordinator we can get you as many as you'd like. A $5 ticket gives you a shot at $2,000 worth of Town Pump gas, a $500 Cabela’s gift card, or a Selby’s GPS Oregon Garmin with the Montana chip installed. Please help us continue to elevate noxious weed management in our state by purchasing a ticket or two.

If you would like to sell tickets please contact Becky at 684-5590. If you would like to print a raffle poster to hang up at locations in your area we would appreciate that. Download this year’s poster.