Organization: California Invasive Plant Council
Mission: Cal-IPCs mission is to protect Californias environment and economy from invasive plants.
Activities: Science & Conservation: Cal-IPC works with regional partners across the state to design and implement strategic landscape-level invasive plant management projects. We lead or support projects on the North Coast, in the Sierra Nevada, around San Francisco Bay Area,across the Central Valley, on the South Coast and in the Desert regions of California. Projects focus on removing new invasive plant infestations before they can spread. In addition, we strengthened technical tools for assessing which invasive plants are most likely to become problems in California in the future.
Education: Cal-IPCs 2019 Symposium held at Riverside, CA brought 350 land managers, researchers, conservation corps members and volunteer stewards together for four days of presentations, discussion groups, trainings and field trips. Our Wildland Volunteer Network provided trainings for volunteer stewards and conservation corps members across the SF Bay Area. Cal-IPC established a policy committed to becoming a leader on equity, diversity and inclusion in the conservation field.
Policy: Cal-IPC worked in Sacramento on behalf of strengthening state invasive plant programs. Our efforts in 2019 resulted in $3M of new funding for invasive plant management projects through the states new Biodiversity Initiative. We support the work of the states interagency Invasive Species Council and 24 member Invasive Species Advisory Committee. On the national level, Cal-IPC continued participation in the National Association of Invasive Plant Councils and the North American Invasive Species Network.
NTEE category: Environment
Secondary category: Animal-Related