General contacts: Kayla Martain and Michael Plotz, Placer County Agriculture Department, (530) 889-7372 or kmartain@placer.ca.gov, mplotz@placer.ca.gov; Preston Neufeld, Nevada County Agriculture Department, (530) 470-2690 or preston.neufeld@nevadacountyca.gov
Meetings: Held quarterly, location varies
Purpose:
The Nevada-Placer Weed Management Area group cooperates and coordinates activities necessary for the prevention and control of noxious weeds in Nevada and Placer Counties (excluding the Tahoe Basin). These activities focus on the prevention and/or expansion of noxious weeds. The priority of control and eradication efforts is concentrated on species designated as noxious weeds by the California Department of Food & Agriculture and other species of local significance as identified by WMA partners.
Priority List:
NPWMA Priority List (Dec 2018)
Annual Reports:
2017 Nevada-Placer WMA Annual Report
2016 Nevada-Placer WMA Annual Report
2015 Nevada-Placer WMA Annual Report
2014 Nevada-Placer WMA Annual Report
2013 Nevada-Placer WMA Annual Report
Cooperating groups:
- Placer County Department of Agriculture
- Nevada County Department of Agriculture
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- United States Department of Agriculture – Tahoe & Eldorado National Forests
- United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office
- Nevada-Placer UC Cooperative Extension Service
- California Department of Transportation
- Placer County Resource Conservation District
- Nevada County Resource Conservation District
- California State Parks
- California Invasive Plant Council
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Fire Safe Council of Nevada County
- Truckee River Watershed Council Weed Warriors
- Wolf Creek Community Alliance