In this Issue:

Share Your Conference Memories

We’d love to see the photos you captured during the event! View the shared album here and feel free to upload your own photos so everyone can relive the highlights.

Your contributions to the album will help build a collective record of this special week. Thank you in advance for sharing!

Conference Survey

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this year’s event — from sessions and speakers, to networking opportunities, exhibits, logistics, and overall experience. Your honest input will help us make the 95th conference even better.

This quick survey should take only 3–5 minutes, and all responses are anonymous. Thank you for taking a few moments to share your perspective — we truly appreciate it!

Webinar: Are You ADA Compliant? How to Tackle Website and PDF Accessibility

February 24, 2026 | 1:00 PM Pacific Time

This educational session with CivicPlus will provide an overview of ADA digital accessibility requirements for public agencies, with a focus on websites and attached documents.

Attendees will learn:

• How recent DOJ guidance impacts districts and public agencies
• The timeline for ADA compliance and key deadlines to plan around
• How accessibility requirements apply to PDFs and other posted documents
• What costs typically look like to achieve and maintain compliance
• Practical next steps to stay current with ADA website and document accessibility

MVCAC Legislative Days – March 10-11

Hotel Booking Cutoff February 20 – Book Now!

The dedicated Legislative Day 2026 website is now live!

Visit it here - For detailed scheduling info, key messages, sample templates, legislator bios, leave-behind materials, and more

The full agenda is now posted

View it here - Includes the Zoom link for the Spring Committee Meetings on March 11.

Join us for a Legislative Day Training Call

March 4, 2026 at 10am PT

Zoom link is available here.

CalATBI Collaboration

CalATBI is a statewide initiative that supports field efforts to document unexplored biodiversity, sequence millions of specimens, and build a voucher-based DNA barcode reference library, while rescuing and preserving biodiversity specimens and samples for the benefit of future generations.

For more information on current results and innovative processing techniques view CalATBI's latest webinar.

2026 Sentinel Chicken Order Forms Available Now!

Chickens are being supplied by Vega Farms

Please return order form by February 28, 2026 Via email or fax to 916-444-7462

Northern and Southern* Region: (Vega Farms)

Pick-up: April, specific date TBD

Location: 6957 East Dixon Ave. Dixon, CA 95620 (same as last year)

Southern Region: (Maust Family Farms)

*As an alternative, Southern California districts have the option of purchasing chickens from Maust Family Farms but will need to coordinate purchasing and pickup directly with Maust. They sell adult chickens to the public at any time. Their contact information is:

13107 East End Ave Chino, CA 91710

(909) 517-3914 | https://maustfamilyfarms.com



Questions: please email or call R’Mani White in Membership at rwhite@amgroup.us or (916) 440-0826 ext 125.

Reminder to Districts - NPDES Reports Due March 1

A reminder that our individual annual reports are due March 1. Reports should be sent to the State Water Resources Control Board (DWQ-PesticidesNPDES@waterboards.ca.gov and copied to mvcac@mvcac.org. The MVCAC NPDES coalition report is underway; any significant abnormalities should be reported to your regional liaison or to Gary Goodman (gwgoodman@fightthebite.net) to pass on to our report writer.