California Forest Pest Council - 2024 Annual Weed Tour

Online Registration:

Mail-In Registration:

Please print, fill out and mail in form. Form located at CFPC website

Dates: Wednesday June 19 & Thursday June 20, 2024

On the day of the event, sign in starts at 6:15 am, buses start loading at 6:45am.
Breakfast items will be available at 6:15 am.

**Tuesday June 18th, The Forest Pest Council’s “Insect/Disease Committee” will hold their tour, watch for an invite announcement** (this event is separated from the Weed Tour)

Location: North Coast

We will be based out of the Gaia Resort and Hotel

Gaia Resort and Hotel
4125 Riverside Place
Anderson, CA 95685

Summer Rate $99.00 per night

Reservations need to be made by phone to get group rate: 707-668-9770
Rate and reservation cut off date is May 19, 2024 - Mention "Pest Council Weed Tour" for the Group Rate when making your reservation.

Agenda Topics:

Day 1 - June 19th: Dinner, Tour, and T-Shirt

Tour route runs through Shingletown, Summertown, and Manton areas; Hosted Dinner.

Day 2: Tour

Tour runs south from the Lassen National Forest, Summertown and Viola areas.

Agenda Details:

Cal Trans Right of Way program
Lassen Fire Safe Council projects
Herbicide Application Demonstration
Brush field conversion
Statewide Notification regulation discussion
Various veg treatments on private lands
Law and Regs Updates – Shasta County Representative
Suppliers updates
Herbicide trials
Cone Collection

New Sponsorship System

The Weed Tour Committee at the California Forest Pest Council is excited to inform you about our new sponsorship system. Our Committee sees many overlapping values between our two organizations and we are hoping you would be interested in becoming a sponsor for the Weed Tour.

Sponsorships helps us pay for the buses, food, drinks – everything we need to keep the Weed Tour running every year. You have been a long-time sponsor and we want to thank you for your continued support. More than just thanking you, we want to show you what your support means to us through this new system. We created this to advertise your business and support of the Weed Tour to attendees in a meaningful and lasting way. With this new system you’ll be able to know exactly what you are getting for your donation.

We have donation levels that offer different benefits:

Gold Sponsor - $1000

Logo on t-shirt
Name on all Weed Tour related communication
Access to our attendee contact information
Recognition during a stop and at dinner
Opportunity to add print-outs to folders
Time for supplier update

Silver Sponsor - $750

Logo on t-shirt
Name on all Weed Tour related communication
Recognition during dinner
Opportunity to add print-outs to folders
Time for supplier update

Bronze Sponsor - $500

Name on t-shirt
Recognition during dinner
Time for supplier update

While we encourage you to become a gold, silver, or bronze sponsor, we are happy to accept donations of any amount.
Donations can be made at the time of ticket purchase or separately through the link on our website.
We thank you in advance for your consideration and hope to see you at this year’s Weed Tour!

Approved CEU's: *Must attend both days to receive CE Credits

CA, OR and ID Ce's have been applied for

Any questions, contact:

Weed Committee Chair, Steve Kafka, Sierra Pacific Industries, skafka@spi-ind.com

Weed Committee Secretary, Russell Garrison, Sierra Pacific Industries, rgarrison@spi-ind.com