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DOUGLAS COUNTY COOPERATIVE WEED MANAGEMENT AREA

CWMA MISSION: “To improve invasive weed species management county-wide through increased communication, coordination, and the sharing of technical expertise and knowledge between landowners, natural resource managers, and all interested parties. To seek funding to improve and implement on-the-ground weed management projects."

What is a Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA)?

The Center for Invasive Species Management defines a CWMA as "a partnership of federal, state, and local government agencies, tribes, individuals, and various interested groups that manage invasive weeds within a defined area."

All CWMA's share six basic characteristics: 

  • CWMAs operate within a defined geographic area, distinguished by a common geography, weed problem, community, climate, political boundary, or land use

  • CWMAs involve a broad cross-section of landowners and natural resource managers within its defined boundaries

  • CWMAs are governed by a Steering Committee

  • CWMAs make a long-term commitment to cooperation, usually through a formal agreement among partners

  • CWMAs have a comprehensive plan that addresses the management or prevention of invasive species within its boundaries

  • CWMAs facilitate cooperation and coordination across jurisdictional boundaries

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CWMA Boundary

The Cooperative Weed Management Area boundary incorporates Douglas County including the adjacent Columbia River.

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Flowering Rush Notice

CWMA Steering Committee Member and WSU Master Gardener Bonnie Orr published an article on a Class A noxious weed discovered in Douglas County.

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Weed Identification Videos

FCCD's YouTube hosts identification videos for noxious weeds such as Scotch thistle, Houndstongue, and Dalmatian toadflax.

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Puncturevine Guide

WSU Extension Agronomy Educator and CWMA Steering Committee Member Dale Whaley published a guide to puncturevine identification and control.

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Bloom Calendar

This table depicts the months in which selected noxious weeds will most likely be blooming in Douglas County.

Douglas County CWMA Completes a Strategic Plan

The Douglas County CWMA Comprehensive Strategic Weed Management Plan is complete. This plan lays out the CWMA organizational goals and an approach to meet those goals. This plan will be accompanied by Annual Operating Plan in the future.

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View CWMA Steering Committee meeting minutes.

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