Save WMAs and
CDFA Weed Programs
Send letters!
[please circulate to interested colleagues]
Amid
massive cuts being made in Sacramento, CDFA is proposing to eliminate funding
for all weed programs, including WMAs, A-rated weed eradication, and
biocontrols. As the state agency mandated to protect the state from invasive
plants, It’s critical that CDFA retain these programs at some level, even
minimal, so that existing infrastructure can be renewed when funding does
become available.
Please send letters from your organization to help save
these programs
(see
our sample letter and instructions on where to send).
On
March 16, natural resource managers came to Sacramento for Invasive Weeds
Awareness Day at the Capitol and visited the offices of all 120 state
legislators. We found a high degree of interest in balancing needed cuts while
not crippling the state’s long-term ability to maintain critical programs that
address invasive plants. Thank you to all that were able to attend.
To
maintain these programs through the current and future rounds of cuts, your
letters can make a difference. Keep them coming.
Doug
Johnson
Executive Director
California Invasive Plant Council
