General contact: John Beall Ventura County Agriculture/Weights and Measures    john.beall@ventura.org   805-665-7730

Formed: 2005 to 2014. Reformed in Fall of 2019.

Meetings: Quarterly-In Person/Zoom Meetings include a program speaker/presentation, participants sharing information on weed projects they are working.  Our goal is to encourage attendees to learn and share with each other Weed Management work in Ventura County.  We want to get to know each other and work cooperatively on weed management projects.   MOU-Available. New version of MOU under construction which will give us more structure.

 

Next Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting 

Ventura County Weed Management Area Meeting

Thursday July 11th   1 to 3 pm

Join In Person–Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office

555 Airport Way Suite E, Camarillo (off Pleasant Valley Rd)

Or by Zoom (see below)

• Agenda Review
• Introductions/Announcements-Short
• Legislative Updates and Cal-IPC Symposium-October 2024-Doug Johnson-Executive Director Cal-IPC
• New Weeds-Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR)

Senecio angulatus Creeping Groundsel-Marco Cabrera

Glaucium flavum- Sea Poppy-Various WMA Partners

• NASA Catalyst GIS Invasive Plant Mapping using Artificial Intelligence-Dr. Kimberly Miner-Earth and Climate Scientist @ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• California Department of Food and Agriculture pest ratings for invasive plants Trevor Fox- CDFA (Tentative)
• Arundo-Reports/Future Meetings-Ventura County groups
• Next Meeting-(Sept or Oct-2024)-John B

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Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Climate Scientist and Program Manager at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. Her research on climate risks has taken her to the planet’s extreme environments- from the North Pole to Antarctica and Mt. Everest.

Dedicated to science communication, Kimberley’s research teams have reached international audiences with features in the BBC, NYT, GQ, and a 2020 Guinness World Record.

Before coming to NASA, Kimberley worked on climate security for the Department of Defense in DC, and holds a research professorship at University of Maine and Virginia Tech. She is also writing a book on how younger generations can plan for climate change–to be released in early 2025. Kimberley is a Black belt, wilderness Firefighter, and lives in a fishing harbor on the Pacific Ocean.