Cooperative Weed Management Area Projects Funded by Center For Invasive Plant Management.

CWMAs

CIPM-Funded Projects

The Center for Invasive Plant Management no longer offers CWMA grants; however, we hope that the CWMA Grants program will resume in the future.

CIPM-Funded Projects

CIPM has contributed funding to 98 CWMAs in 16 states; 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 CWMAs are listed below. Links take you to abstracts, websites, or final reports.

Final reports offer excellent examples of how CWMAs work and how varied they can be. The Sunlight-Crandall CWMA report describes how a CWMA is organized, develops an action plan, and implements weed management measures. The Harding County Report describes how a low-budget, creative project can go a long way toward preventing weeds from becoming established.

2006: 19 CWMAs in 12 states

2006 CWMA Grants Program Final Report

Alaska CWMAs: Palmer, Alaska
Developing Alaska's first CWMAs in communities statewide; providing workshops and presentations.

Beaver Brook Watershed: Evergreen, Colorado
Practicing Early Detection/Rapid Response in a pristine area recently opened to the public; "education in action" program includes displays, a database, and volunteer trailhead greeters/trainers.

Beaverhead County CWMA: Dillon, Montana
Offering car washes and decals for recreationists entering relatively weed-free private lands.

Belle Fourche River WMA: Miller, South Dakota
Organizing and educating land managers and landowners in a two-state (South Dakota - Wyoming) watershed for and Early Detection/Rapid Assessment/Rapid Response program.

El Dorado County Invasive Weed Management Group: Placerville, California
Targeting infestation of a newly escaped ornamental (oblong spurge) on 11 acres of riparian and oak woodland systems; involving private landowners and thorough surveys.

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness CWMA: White Bird, Idaho
Surveying high-risk areas (rivers, campsites, trails, and airstrips) for exotic weeds; work with University of Idaho on a reporting system and data flow.

Grass Creek WMA: Thermopolis, Wyoming
Developing weed inventory, holding field workshops on private lands; also targeting recreationists.

Inland Empire CWMA: Hayden, Idaho
Developing webpages, decision matrix, and map formats for Eurasian watermilfoil; products may be adapted for statewide use.

Marin-Sonoma WMA: Novato, California
Translating a weed identification brochure into Spanish. The Spanish/English brochure targets residential landscapers, public works professionals, gardeners, and ranch and farm employees.

Medicine Bow Coordinated Resource Management Group: Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Focusing on saltcedar, which has just emerged on the Medicine Bow River in the past four years and may yet be eradicable.

Middle Fork Snoqualmie Watershed CWMA: Seattle, Washington
Surveying watershed and conducting volunteer work parties to remove invasives and replant natives.

Middle Willamette CWMA: Eugene, Oregon
High school biology class creating and maintaining weeds website for five CWMAs in Oregon and Washington

Platte Valley WMA: Kearney, Nebraska
Targeting riparian weeds in critical sandhill crane habitat in 11 counties; building educational kiosks and demonstration plots.

Railroad Valley CWMA: Duckwater, Nevada
Targeting perennial pepperweed in a remote valley; town residents working with Duckwater Shoshone tribe.

Robison/Ruth CWMA: Ruth, Nevada
Managing knapweed species in an impoverished rural community, emphasizing community education and teamwork to restore lands.

Santa Barbara County WMA: Santa Barbara, California
Restoring the Channel Islands; inspection and disinfection, importation restrictions, public awareness regarding materials travelling between the islands and the mainland.

Sixes WMA: Gold Beach, Oregon
Establishing a volunteer base, training volunteers and landowners to identify weeds; building a website and reporting system.

Summit County CWMA: Park City, Utah
Dyer's woad community weed pulls on the Swaner Nature Preserve (embedded in an urban/suburban area); producing brochures and exhibits.

Tabeguache CWMA: Delta, Colorado
Developing a coordinated weed management plan for watershed as part of Uncompahgre Plateau ecosystem restoration; Early Detection/Rapid Response and public education priorities; engaging public citizens in stewardship.

2005: 21 CWMAs in 12 states