Half-day program brings together Caltrans, UC Cooperative Extension, CDFA and county experts on controlling weeds along roadsides and rights-of-way
Members of the public are invited to a half-day meeting to take an in-depth look at managing weeds along roadsides and rights-of-way. The Yuba and Sutter Weed Management Area will hold its 2026 meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 142 Garden Hwy, Yuba City.
Admission is free and no advance registration is required. Attendees should check in at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 4.
The meeting is designed for roadside and right-of-way crews, pest control advisers, applicators, land managers, growers, ranchers and county staff, but all community members are welcome.
Six sessions cover the full range of roadside weed control, from chemical options and equipment to biological control and weed identification:
- Managing Breakthrough Weeds in Northern California Right of Way — Rick Miller, PAPA Seminars
- Noxious Weed Programs in Yuba and Sutter Counties — Andrea Oilar, Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner's Office; Matt Bozzo and Steven Anderson, Yuba County Agricultural Commissioner's Office
- Legally Controlling Terrestrial Weeds with Herbicides Labeled for Aquatic Use — Conrad Kiernan, Caltrans Landscape Specialist
- Sprayer Calibration 101: The Basics Needed to Achieve Successful Applications — Tom Getts, UC Cooperative Extension Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Advisor
- Biological Control of Roadside Weeds — Nathan Mercer, California Department of Food and Agriculture Entomology
- Wild Carrot Botany and Identification / Spring Management of Johnsongrass — Ryan Hill, UC Cooperative Extension Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor
Attendees can earn 4.45 hours of continuing education credit from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and 4.45 hours of Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credit.
The meeting is hosted by the Yuba and Sutter Weed Management Area, a local partnership that coordinates efforts to prevent and control invasive and noxious weeds in Sutter and Yuba counties. Its member agencies are UC Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba, the Yuba County Agricultural Commissioner's Office and the Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner's Office. It is funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.