The 4-County CWMA has four active committees that work on various aspects of collaborative weed management. We welcome and encourage new members to participate. See below for more information and email info@4countycwma.org if you are interested in joining one of our committees.
The Steering Committee is the governing body that provides support, guidance, and oversight to guarantee the steady functioning of the CWMA. Steering Committee members are represented by our stakeholders and are elected into their roles by CWMA signatories. The Steering Committee will convene as needed to administer CWMA tasks and projects, but will meet a minimum of 4 times a year.
Goals and Objectives
Ensure smooth operations of the CWMA
Seek stable, adequate funds, staff and other resources to carry out CWMA priority tasks and programs
Assist committees in carrying out their work to advance CWMA initiatives
The Education and Outreach Committee coordinates outreach efforts among weeds
practitioners from all four counties, co-creates outreach materials, and provides a space for sharing outreach techniques and learning from one other.
Goals and Objectives
Facilitates information sharing outside the CWMA, with respect to new findings about priority, location or treatment of invasive species
Creates online and print materials
Establishes and staffs public outreach events
Supports Coordinator in creating agenda/content for event
Projects
Planning and execution of the annual Pull Together symposium
Coordination of annual Field Day event
Facilitation of outreach booth at the Portland Spring Home & Garden Show
Curation of CWMA Urban Weed Fact Sheets
Management and design of CWMA website, trifold display, feather flag, etc.
We meet 4-5 times per year and maintain an email list to coordinate our activities. The email list has a message archive available for review should you desire to get up to speed on our activities.
We welcome you to join our efforts!
Request to JoinIf you have any questions or would like to get involved, please reach out to our Education & Outreach Committee Chair:
The Mapping & Data (M&D) Committee puts YOUR invasive plant inventory, survey, and treatment data to work! Our ultimate goal is to help reduce the costs and increase the effectiveness of invasive species management in our 4-County region through coordinated prioritization, analyses, implementation, and communication.
Mapping and data goes way beyond plotting weed infestation points on paper… it’s an important step for understanding the biology and impacts of invasive species in a deeper, richer way. We envision a data stewardship network made up of CWMA committees, partners, and other stakeholders, working together to provide increased access to invasive species data and maps relevant to your EDRR work.
We share information about new technologies and evolving trends in invasive species data while also promoting data standardization and the use of reliable online/mobile data collection platforms and e-mail reporting systems, such as iMapInvasives Oregon (if you’re new to this platform, we highly recommend these training videos).
We have defined goals and objectives focused on:
Information and resource sharing
Improving data platform(s)
Increasing data contributions
Promoting data quality
Improving data access and usage
We are always encouraging partner collaboration, feedback, and idea sharing! We are actively working on the following projects:
Priority Weed Coordination (data review, map creation, and management coordination)
Call-for-Data Weed Species (annual project)
Maintenance and updates to CWMA Weed List
Promoting and refining our Data Standards
Supporting iMapInvasives Oregon and cross-state and -county data integration
Hosting information sharing forums for field data exchange and management (check out 2020 Mapping & Data “Poll Together” Survey Results)
We meet 4-5 times per year and maintain an email list to coordinate our activities. The email list has a message archive available for review should you desire to get up to speed on our activities.
Please join us!
Request to JoinIf you have any questions or would like to get involved, please feel free to reach out to our Mapping & Data Committee Chairs:
The Technical and Scientific Review Committee continues to watch for new invasive species, discuss management concerns, and provide a variety of technical insights from across the Portland region. We also develop informational resources to assist land management professionals and cooperators in using the most effective, efficient, and least harmful management strategies.
Goals and Objectives
Develops, reviews and updates CWMA invasive species lists
Provides best management practice information
Researches, discusses, and informs members of emerging scientific issues
Advises planning committees on event planning topics and speakers
Projects
Curation of the CWMA’s Plant List, a compilation of targeted plant species from around the Portland Metro area (A searchable list is also available for download)
Creation of the Catalog of Weed Lists database
Review and update of Metro’s Integrated Weed Maintenance Calendar
Content development for CWMA Best Management Practice information sheets
We meet 4-5 times per year and maintain an email list to coordinate our activities. The email list has a message archive available for review should you desire to get up to speed on our activities.
We welcome you to join our efforts!
Request to JoinIf you have any questions or would like to get involved, please reach out to our Technical & Scientific Review Committee Chair:
